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I live in India. I am going to buy a new iPhone, probably 17 Pro Max or 18 Pro Max if I stay in US till then. Currently I have iPhone 13 Pro with eSIM. I don't use cloud backup since my data is around 60 GB. So I regularly do a backup on my Windows PC through iTunes.

So after buying the new phone, I plan to set it up at home when I Reach there. My question:

How to go about it? Can I transfer my old phone data to new phone by Bluetooth pairing? Airtel doesn't allow direct eSim transfer. Is it possible to restore backup or do a quick transfer of data without first transferring the eSim? or should I first transfer eSim and then restore backup? my fear of doing this is that it might botch up my eSIM.

Thanks.

I live in India. I am going to buy a new iPhone, probably 17 Pro Max or 18 Pro Max if I stay in US till then. Currently I have iPhone 13 Pro with eSIM. I don't use cloud backup since my data is around 60 GB. So I regularly do a backup on my Windows PC through iTunes.

So after buying the new phone, I plan to set it up at home when I Reach there. My question:

How to go about it? Can I transfer my old phone data to new phone by Bluetooth pairing? Airtel doesn't allow direct eSim transfer. Is it possible to restore backup or do a quick transfer of data without first transferring the eSim? or should I first transfer eSim and then restore backup? my fear of doing this is that it might botch up my eSIM.

Thanks.