How much space will 100GB photo library take on iPhone if optimized for iCloud?

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How much space will 100GB photo library take on iPhone if optimized for iCloud?

Our library in iPhoto is approximately 100GB. I understand that if I move to Photos and use iCloud that I will have to pay for the 200GB of storage. My question is related to how much space this entire library will take up on a 16GB iPhone. I understand that some space-optimized version of the photo is created and stored on the phone but is there a way to calculate how much space the optimized Photos library will take on the iPhone?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.4

Posted on Jul 27, 2015 7:10 PM

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Jul 28, 2015 3:05 AM in response to Stevepaskva

My understanding is the optimisation is dynamic and will compress the images to what is needed to fit on the phone. In which case there wouldn't be a definitive answer to your question.

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Jul 28, 2015 12:31 PM in response to Winston Churchill

I agree with Mr. Churchill.

However on my iPhone 5, with a 50-60 GB photo library, Photos currently take up 2.5GB on my phone. So that might give you some sense of how much space it will take.

Probably also depends what you actually download to the device and what are just thumbnails.

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