Also, 5G destroys battery life throughout the day.

No, and moving them to a different service would be difficult and would probably require a computer, as it would have to download the photos to your device before uploading to a new service. And you don’t have the space to do that.

It does. But there are limitations to how compressed the files can be and still give you access to them. For example I have 14GB in iCloud Photos taking up 800MB on my iPhone and 400MB on my iPad, due to it only having 32GB of storage. You still have a finite amount of phone storage, and once filled up the only thing you can do is backup your photos from iCloud to a computer. You should be able to see the compressed amount of storage vs iCloud storage used by comparing the storage in iCloud settings and iPhone storage setting.

Your provider will be notified you swapped the SIM to a new phone, but that shouldn’t cause any issues unless you have to have it in a certain phone while under a contract or while counting towards the phone becoming unlocked.

Well I use an 8 as a backup and it runs fine on iOS 16.x. I imagine since iOS 16 for the 8/X is a slimmed down version with few extra features, this is why it functions so well.

You shouldn’t be having these issues with your XR. I have two family members using XRs and are on iOS 16.4 and they are running great. Carriers update their settings with each iOS update that makes sure your phone is connecting to their network properly with the most updated information. You don’t get these updates without updating the device’s iOS.

Your carrier might, most do, throttle streaming video. Some are 480p or 720p. This can cause buffering or issues if trying to play a higher res video. One way to tell is do a Speedtest on http://fast.com This is Netflix’s Speedtest site and most plans consider this streaming. It should show you your streaming download speed. Some carriers, AT&T for one, have a setting you can adjust and change the streaming bandwidth.

Using 2 SIMs is easy to manage, but do you want all your personal data on a work phone?

Done

True, I edited my post to reflect that.

Rogers in Canada is not one of the carriers that do eSIM Quick Transfer, only Telus has that feature. With Rogers you have to get a new QR code every time you switch devices. Becoming a very big hassle, IMO.

edit: if you are just using a pSIM, you can swap it at your leisure.

Depending on your carrier. It may be as simple as eSIM to eSIM transfer, or it may require contacting your provider each time. Who is your cell phone carrier?

Settings>iCloud>iCloud>messages

Make sure it’s toggled on to sync. Anything else you want, like contacts, on the watch should also be turned on.

Here’s a support doc about family setup: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211768

Yes, it will have to link it to her Apple ID during setup and then iMessages will work. You’ll have to have messages in the cloud turned on the iPad and the watch for iMessages to sync up.

I’d check again. Toggle purchase sharing. Because that’s what is happening.

You don’t, it’s how it is. There’s no button. It’s just when you tap the top of the page your on.

Anytime you tap the top of the screen it puts you back to the top of the page. It’s not an invisible button, it’s always done that.

Check out https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-headphone-audio-level-features-iph64ac7296f/ios

I have 2 XRs on iOS 16.3.1 without issues, battery health 87%.

What issue are you having?

You get used to it and forget you hated it.

Which layout are you speaking of, the Lock Screen? That’s the only thing that changed with iOS 16. You can kinda get notifications to start mid-screen by changing them to the “list” format in settings>notifications.

There is no going back to iOS 15. The only signed version is iOS 16.3.1.

That’s why!

Low power mode?