Apple offers several methods to transfer settings from an old phone to a new one. A particularly promising sounding one is the ["Quick Start"][1] approach, which begins promisingly enough with some cool automatic recognition of the new device. But things pretty much end there. Nothing about actually *transferring* seems to be any different than any other method: one still has to restore from either an iTunes or and iCloud backup as far as I can tell.

What does the "Quick Start" method actually transfer? Is restoring from a separate backup still necessary to complete the process of transferring settings, apps, and keychain info from the old iOS device?


  [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201269#quick