I have around 86gb of photos in my 128gb iPhone and want to back up 50gb to the icloud so I purchased 50 gb data but now after purchasing the 50gb data it says I still can't upload it to the iclould because I don't have enough storage. So why?

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I have around 86gb of photos in my 128gb iPhone and want to back up 50gb to the icloud so I purchased 50 gb data but now after purchasing the 50gb data it says I still can't upload it to the iclould because I don't have enough storage. So why?

I have around 86gb of photos in my 128gb iPhone and want to back up 50gb to the icloud so I purchased 50 gb data but now after purchasing the 50gb data it says I still can't upload it to the iclould because I don't have enough storage. So why is that ?

iPhone 13, iOS 16

Posted on Jun 19, 2023 4:58 AM

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muguy

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Jun 19, 2023 5:33 AM in response to Storageproblem123

No. Your device storage is fixed. iCloud storage is used to backup your device and to sync content, it is not additional storage for your phone. You can elect to optimize photos storage (settings - photos) which keeps full resolution images in iCloud and optimized versions on your phone to save space.

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Jun 19, 2023 5:11 AM in response to muguy

Yes its simple as you said. But my main problem is about me having a 128gb iphone which is now filled with 86gb of photos and videos and i have 5gb of icloud storage. I updated to 50gb thinking i will reduce 50gb data load from my 128 gb iphone. Got it ? I will be still having my internal storage for that right ? So why should i go for the higer plan?

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muguy

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Jun 19, 2023 5:07 AM in response to Storageproblem123

Simple enough, 86 is more than 50. You’ll need the 200GB iCloud storage

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I have around 86gb of photos in my 128gb iPhone and want to back up 50gb to the icloud so I purchased 50 gb data but now after purchasing the 50gb data it says I still can't upload it to the iclould because I don't have enough storage. So why?

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