Making It Harder Than It Needs To Be

I'm in the process of getting the new Samsung S23+ up and running from my Motorola Edge Plus UM 5G.

First hurdle was the new phone not being configured to activate with an existing account.  It was set up to create a new Verizon account and had no provision for the normal activation methods.

Dude on the phone was excellent, but it still barfed when the old phone's SIM was deactivated.

Round and round with the robots and them telling me to click buttons on a chat window that closed because Samsung REALLY wanted me to finish setting up their One UI experience.

No, I want my phone to make calls first, kthanx.

Three update and reboot cycles later and it appears that I can make calls!

Now I'm transferring files from old to new.  Hours of waiting for that because I don't remember where my USB-C to USB-C cable is while looking right at the C to C power cord that's plugged into the phone.

Never mind the whole reason for the insurance claim is the Edge Plus will randomly and capriciously shut off when unplugged.  Don't want that while doing a transfer!

So we do it the wireless method with Samsung's app.