Good afternoon, I paid for the extra storage plan and it is still saying my storage is full , how do I fix this

I've read and re-read that article. Still don't get it. Why are photos being stored on my phone when they should be going to the iCloud (for which I'm paying $9.99 per month)? Device storage is full but iCloud account has mucho space.

iCloud is primarily a synchronization service, not an offline storage provider. Therefore, anything on your device can also be synchronized through iCloud to any of your other Apple devices. So, your photos are going to iCloud, but they still remain on your device. If you delete a photos on your device, it will also be deleted from the cloud.

Thank you Muguy. I plan to get a new and updated phone with more memory, but don't want to store 40,000 photos on my phone even if I had all that memory. And waiting until next Spring to get new iPhone (birthday present for myself!). So if I want offline storage, should I be looking to sign up with Amazon Prime or some other service?

You’ll need to delete items from your phone to free up space. Or, you’ll need to purchase a phone with more storage.

On your device? That cannot be increased. Learn more: What's the difference between device storage and iCloud storage?

My I phone storage is full but I can’t download any thing it says unable to download

OneDrive, Google Drive, and others will allow you to save your files offline.

I have enough storage 1tb but iCloud is not updating my pictures I keep getting storage full