How do I know how much cloud storage I need and are my phone photos stored also ?

Hey oldAndy34,

That's a great question! It appears that you checked out the article about what iCloud backs up. One of the things that are listed under iCloud backup would be your photos as shown on the article you looked over. You can see that info under the section that says 'Here’s what iCloud Backup includes' from the article.

To determine how much iCloud storage you'll need for your device, it depends on how much storage your iPhone already used. Since backing up your device through iCloud would back up most of the data that's already stored on your iPhone storage. To check the storage information on your iPhone, simply follow these steps below:

How to check the storage on your iPhone and iPad

1. Go to Settings > General > [Device] Storage. You might see a list of recommendations for optimizing your device's storage, followed by a list of installed apps and the amount of storage each one uses.

2. Tap an app's name for more information about its storage. Cached data and temporary data might not be counted as usage.

In the detailed view you can:

* Offload the app, which frees up storage used by the app, but keeps its documents and data.

* Delete the app, which removes the app and its related data.

* Depending on the app, you might be able to delete some of its documents and data.

Your device comes with 5GB of free iCloud storage. However, if you need additional iCloud storage, you can purchase them by following these steps:

Upgrade to iCloud+

1. Go to Settings, then tap your name. 

2. Tap iCloud, then tap Manage Account Storage or Manage Storage. Or scroll down and tap Upgrade to iCloud+.

3. Tap Buy More Storage or Change Storage Plan.

4. Choose a plan and follow the onscreen instructions.

The plans and pricing can be found here: iCloud+ plans and pricing

We hope these steps and information were helpful, and let us know if you have any additional questions!

Best regards.