Should I update to 26 before migrating to iPhone 17?

zowenso wrote:

I’m sorry lol. I meant more like is it necessary to do so. I’ll do it but didn’t know if the iPhone 17 already had it and it didn’t matter.

Is it necessary? No. iPhone 17 will come preloaded with iOS 26. Do I do it even though I'll have a new phone in 5 days? Yes. It gives me a few days to get used to the new iOS and make any customizations I may want to meet my needs.

LD150 wrote:

I would go further and say NO absolutely not, because your 14 may get a newer version than the new 17, and you will have fun and games updating the 17 first then going back to restoring and setting up for the second time.

There was a time I might have agreed with you. But Apple fixed this in the QuickStart system to the point if an update is required for the new phone, it alerts you to download the update, then complete the transfer of data process.

I'm getting two new phones Friday and will download iOS 26 when it drops today and I won't need to worry if Apple sends out a higher version before I get my new phones. But it looks like we'll need to update to iOS 18.7 before we can go to iOS 26, which I'm downloading now.

I would go further and say NO absolutely not, because your 14 may get a newer version than the new 17, and you will have fun and games updating the 17 first then going back to restoring and setting up for the second time.

LD150 wrote:

I would go further and say NO absolutely not, because your 14 may get a newer version than the new 17, and you will have fun and games updating the 17 first then going back to restoring and setting up for the second time.

There's nothing very difficult about updating a brand-new phone. I think the likelihood of the version being released today being newer than the one already on shipping iPhones is very small.

I will be updating my iPhone 15 Pro as soon as the update drops even though I'm picking up ony iPhone 17 Pro on Friday.

lobsterghost1 wrote:

There was a time I might have agreed with you. But Apple fixed this in the QuickStart system to the point if an update is required for the new phone, it alerts you to download the update, then complete the transfer of data process.

I thought that might be the case but wasn't sure.

Why not?

iPhone 17 pro max

binshaj290 wrote:

iPhone 17 pro max

Yes, there is an iPhone 17 Pro Max due to be released in several countries on Friday, September 19, 2025