How to Transfer Contacts from Samsung to iPhone: 5 Effective Ways

Samsung uses Google's Android while iPhone runs Apple's iOS. Since Android and iOS are two very distinguished mobile operating systems, data transfer between a Samsung smartphone and an iPhone is often difficult for users. People often find it tough to transfer contacts between Samsung and iPhone directly. 

If you are looking for a way to be able to share your Samsung contacts with your new iPhone 14, you have come to the right place. This article will illustrate how to transfer contacts from Samsung to iPhone in 5 practical and effective ways. The techniques range from straightforward data synchronization methods to advanced data transfer strategies.

#1 Transfer Contacts from Samsung to iPhone via Move to iOS App

Got a new iPhone? Apple makes it easy to switch from an Android phone to a new iPhone, using a free app called Move to iOS. This free service can wirelessly copy contacts, messages, photos, and more from an Android phone to a new iPhone or iPad. Therefore, it is the first tool you should use when you want to transfer contacts from Samsung to iPhone. 

Step 1. Turn on your new iPhone and choose to Move Data from Android during the initial setup. 

Step 2. On your Samsung phone, go to the Play Store and install the Move to iOS app.

Step 3. Enable Wi-Fi connection on both Samsung and iPhone. 

Step 4. Tap Continue on both phones to start a wireless connection.

Step 5.  Enter the code displayed on your iPhone to establish a successful wireless connection between Samsung and iPhone. 

Step 6. After the two devices are connected, on your Samsung, select Contacts and other types of data and the transfer will start immediately with a progressing bar. 

Use one of the other techniques in this article if you've already finished setting up your new iPhone.

#2 Import Contacts from Samsung to iPhone Using a SIM Card

This method will be the easiest way to transfer contacts from Samsung to iPhone if your iPhone can accept your Samsung SIM card. It is most likely that contacts now are not directly saved to a SIM card, so you need to import contacts from your Samsung to the SIM card first. 

Step 1. Open Contacts on your Samsung device and open the menu to Settings > Manage contacts. 

Step 2. Tap Import/Export contacts and then select Export to SIM card. 

Step 3. Turn off the Samsung phone, take out the SIM card, and insert it into your iPhone. 

Step 4. Open the Settings app on your iPhone and tap Contacts. 

Step 5. Tap Import SIM contacts.

Step 6. Choose On My iPhone as the destination and wait for the contacts to be imported. 

If your SIM card does not fit in your iPhone or the options are not available, try to use your Google account to sync contacts between Samsung and iPhone. 

#3 Sync Contacts Between Samsung and iPhone via Gmail Account

A Samsung phone is supposed to link to a Google account to bypass Samsung FRP lock or access your phone without password. The Google account is also a fantastic tool for backing up your Samsung and syncing data to an iPhone.

Read below to know how you can sync your contacts to your Google account and then your iPhone:

Step 1. On your Samsung phone, open Settings > Accounts > Google. 

Step 2. Turn on Sync Conatcts to sync your contacts on your Samsung phone to the Google account. 

Step 3. On your iPhone, go to Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account > Google and sign in with the same Google account credentials that all contacts are synced to. 

Step 4. Click the Accept button to accept Google's service and privacy policies, toggle on the Contacts option, and click Save.

After a little while, the Samsung contacts will appear on your iPhone. If you don't have a Google account, you can manually export the contacts as a vCard file and import them to your iPhone. 

#4 Import Contacts from Samsung to iPhone as a vCard File

The information of contacts is stored as a VCF file, also known as vCard, and all smartphones can read it. iPhone is no exception. To switch contacts from Samsung to iPhone, the process involves exporting the vCard file from Samsung, sending it to iPhone,  and importing contacts to iPhone.

Here are the steps:

Step 1. Open Contacts on your Samsung device and open the menu to Settings > Manage contacts. 

Step 2. Tap Import/Export contacts and then select Export to device storage. The contacts will be saved as a.vcf file. 

Step 3. Locate the VCF file on your Samsung which is usually exported to your files folder. 

Step 4. Send the file to your iPhone via email as an attachment because you can't directly send the VCF file to your iPhone via Bluetooth.

Step 5. Download the VCF file from the email on your iPhone.

Step 6. Open the file on your iPhone and tap Add all contacts.

#5 Copy Contacts from Samsung to iPhone via a Contact Transfer App

If you are not smartphone savvy and comfortable with using a third-party tool to help you out, you can use a phone-to-phone data transfer app such as MobileTrans. The app lets you directly transfer contacts from Samsung to iPhone with a single click. It also supports copying photos, music, files, applications, messages, and more on an Android device to or from iOS devices. The software can work with almost all Samsung models including the Galaxy series, S series, and Note series. 

MobileTrans makes your switch from Samsung to iPhone seamless and painless. Use these steps to switch contacts from Samsung to iPhone:

Step 1. Install MobileTrans on your PC or Mac computer and connect both your Samsung phone and iPhone to it. 

Step 2. After both devices are detected and recognized by the software, make your Samsung device the source device and iPhone the destination device because you are sending contacts from Samsung to iPhone. 

Step 3. Check Contacts from the supported data types and click Start. 

The software will notify you that the data has been successfully transferred. Then you can safely remove both devices from your computer. 

Conclusion

Hopefully, you can successfully switch your Samsung contacts to your iPhone now. 

For all available methods, the steps for how to transfer contacts from Samsung to iPhone may differ slightly in terms of menu options and buttons depending on the model of your Samsung phone, the version of Android it runs, the model of your iPhone, and the version of iOS it runs. Therefore, it is recommended to use an Android-to-iPhone data transfer tool like MobileTrans to eliminate the differences and finish migrating the contacts with one click.

FAQs about Transfer Contacts From Samsung to iPhone

Here are some other questions that may concern you:

1. How do I transfer contacts from Samsung to iPhone without SIM?

The best way to transfer contacts from Samsung to iPhone without a SIM card is to sync contacts via a Google account

• On your Samsung phone, open Settings > Accounts > Google > Sync Contacts.
• On your iPhone, go to Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account > Google.
• Add the same Google account and turn on Contacts. 

2. What app transfer contacts from Samsung to iPhone?

MobileTrans can move contacts from Samsung to iPhone. It can transfer messages, videos, photos, documents, apps, and more data between Andriod devices and iOS devices.