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How to Transfer DCIM Photos from iPhone 5/5s 6/6s 7/7 Plus to iPhone X

Nowadays, people all over the world like using smartphones to take photos due to its convenience compared with professional camera. The photos we shot not merely the beautiful scenes but also our memories and happiness, so we enjoy posting them on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook since we want to share the joy with our friends. Of course, when we switched to a new phone, we absolutely want to transfer these photos to our new device. Previously, we have introduced 3 great methods to transfer photos from our computer to iPhone X. So now on this tutorial, we'd like to give you another great options to transfer photos from old iPhone to your new iPhone X effortlessly.

For iOS users, there is an easy method to transfer several photos from one device to another, that is Apple's AirDrop. Yes, you can send your photos to another idevice with AirDrop. However, if you have massive photos to be transferred from one device to another, AirDrop might be a little inconvenient. So we have to turn to another solution. And this article is here to help you through. Now let's get started.

Solution 1. Sync old iPhone photos to the new iPhone X via iCloud.

iCloud is always a good choice when it comes to sync data between iOS devices. To help iOS users sync their photos, Apple introduced iCloud Photo Library to us. iCloud Photo Library enables you save all photos on it, and you can select to remain thumnails on your iPhone to save space or keep original image on iPhone. It's a very good option to sync your photos.

1. On your old iPhone, open Settings, iCloud, Photo, then enable iCloud Photo Library option.
2. Wait till all photos from old iPhone uploaded to iCloud under WiFi network.
3. On your iPhone X, sign in the same Apple ID and turn on iCloud Photo Library as well. Select Optimize iPhone Storage or Download and Keep Original as you like.
4. Similarly, the photos from iCloud would be downloaded to your iPhone X automatically under WiFi network.

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Solution 2. 1-click transfer photos from old iPhone to the new iPhone X

Transfer photos to new iPhone X with iCloud can be really convenient, however, the transfer process is time-consuming. And Apple only provides 5GB free space for each iOS user, if there are massive photos on your iPhone, the excessive photos won't be uploaded to iCloud. So how to transfer photos from old iPhone to iPhone X swiftly without quality loss? Syncios iOS Data Transfer, designed for transferring data among iOS devices, iCloud, iTunes and computer directly, make it much easier to transfer data from an old iPhone to a new one. To transfer all photos from your old iPhone to the new iPhone X, simply download and install the program on your computer, and follow the steps below:

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1. Launch the program, select Phone to Phone Transfer mode.
2. Connect both of your iPhones to computer, tap Trust on both devices.
3. Make sure old iPhone listed on the left while iPhone X on the right, you can click Flip to exchange.
4. After Syncios loaded all data, check DCIM photo and Picture option.
5. Click Start Copy.

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All methods are showed above, now you can simply choose your desired one to transfer photos from your old iPhone 4/5/5s/6/6s/7 to iPhone X. Of course, if you encountered some problems or had some different ideas when syncing photos to iPhone X, please simply leave a comment below, we will try our best to find solutions for you. Looking forward to hear from you.