As the release of Samsung Galaxy S7, a great many Samsung fans can’t wait to switch from their old iPhone 5/5c/5s to the newest Samsung S7. When they have the hottest S7 in hand, what makes them confused is how to transfer contacts from iphone to samsung. After all, contacts is one of the most information on iPhone and it plays an important role in our daily communication. Calm down, here, we have 4 useful solutions for you.
Solution 1: Transferring Contacts from iPhone to Samsung Using Phone Transfer Software
Compared with the methods below, this method may be the fastest and most time-efficient. As Jihosoft Phone Transfer is one such tool which allows to copy contacts from iphone to samsung in 3 steps.
1. Download and run the program, connect both your iPhone and S7 to the computer via USB cables.
2. Mark the Contacts in listed file types and click “Start Copy” to transfer all contacts from iPhone 5/5C/5S etc to Samsung S7/S7 Edge.
Note: Besides contacts, this program also supports to transfer other data from iPhone to Samsung, including text messages, photos, videos, whatsApp messages, call logs, notes, etc.
Supported devices:
iPhone: iPhone SE, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, etc.
Samsung: Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S5, Galaxy S5 mini, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy S3, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note 2, etc.
Solution 2: Export Contacts to Gmail with iTunes
If you have a Google account and recently backed up your iPhone5/5c/5s to computer using iTunes, you can move contacts from iPhone to Samsung device via Google account.
1. Launch iTunes and connect your iPhone to pc via USB cable.
2. Select your iPhone in iTunes, then under the “Info” tab, check “Sync Contacts with” and select “Google Contacts”.
3. Enter Google ID and password, the click “Apply”. Once it is done, go to Menu > Settings > Accounts on your Samsung, tap on “Add Account” and choose “Google”.
4. Sign in with the same Gmail account. Wait for a while, tick “Sync Contacts” and tap on “Finish”.
Solution 3: Get Contacts from iPhone to Samsung via “Share”
This method is appropriate for you if you only need to transfer a small number of contacts.
Open the contacts on your iPhone, all the contacts will be listed. Select the contact that you want to transfer from the list and click the “Share Contact” tab, after that, you can choose to share contacts via message or email.