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Transfer SIM Contacts & Sync Apple iPhone Contacts with PC

August 6, 2010 by Amit Bhawani

If you have just purchased a New Apple iPhone then you would need to transfer all the Phone Contacts from your previous Mobile Phone to this new device which has the best features. To get started you will have to first transfer all the Mobile Phone contacts from the old device to all the SIM Card following which you will have to first transfer all the contacts from the SIM Card to the iPhone. For this insert the SIM Card to the device and then tap on the Settings Icon. Next Tap on Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Import SIM Contacts.

Apple iPhone Settings Apple iPhone Mail Contacts Calendar

Next you will find that the device starts ‘Importing Contacts; from the SIM Card to your iPhone. This wont replace the original contacts, but it will create a copy of the same on the iPhone. To check out Tap on the Phone Icon > Contacts.

iPhone Importing SIM Contacts Apple iPhone Contacts List

Once the contacts are transferred you will be able to easily take a backup of all the on your computer using the Apple iTunes application which can be useful in order to export and use the same contacts whenever you would like to use the same on any other device.

Under iTunes > Devices > iPhone > Info > Sync Contacts with > Select any of the service you would like to use to store and synchronize your Mobile Contacts. We would suggest you to select the Google Contacts option which is very easy option and available under the Brand name : Google Sync compatible with major devices. You will be asked to Enter your Google Account logins which would be your Gmail logins.

Google Contacts iTunes Sync

Next click on the Sync button at the bottom right to start transferring all your contacts from your iPhone to the Google account through the iTunes Application.

Sync Google Contacts iTunes

Now these contacts are stored in the cloud and you can access them through any of the following devices which are powered by BlackBerry, iPhone Nokia S60, SyncML & Windows. You just have to use the Google Sync service available at m.google.com/sync to get started and access your Contacts.

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My name is Amit Bhawani and here I like to share my internet/tech experience with my online readers. You can follow me on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram at @AmitBhawani I am also the Editor-in-Chief of PhoneRadar & Master Gadgets

About Amit Bhawani

My name is Amit Bhawani and here I like to share my internet/tech experience with my online readers. You can follow me on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram at @AmitBhawani

Comments

  1. priyanka says

    June 29, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    hi i like to knw how to transfer contacts of iphone to windows and which i tunes shld i use mine is ipnone 08 and how much time it takes to sync contact

    • Amit Bhawani says

      June 30, 2011 at 12:45 pm

      It takes a few minutes to synchronize all the contacts data and the process is given in this article.

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