Do I need to update to iOS6 before I switch to my new iPhone?
Hello! I have an iPhone 5 on its way to me, and I was wondering if I needed to upgrade my current iPhone 3GS to iOS6. I obviously will want to migrate all of my data over to my new phone, and I wasn't sure if the two phones need to be running the same version of iOS for that process to go smoothly. My current phone is running iOS 5.1.1 if that makes any difference.
Thanks in advance!
No, you don't have to update if you don't want to.
Enjoy your new phone!
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