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Q: Why the **** do I have to pay to change my storage plan?

i ******* hate how every phone making company makes a low costing 16 GB phone and then expects you to delete any private information like photos and such, just to free up some space in order to use their camera or photos application

Posted on Jun 21, 2016 10:51 AM

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Q: Why the **** do I have to pay to change my storage plan?

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  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Jun 21, 2016 10:53 AM in response to aheaiuego
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    iTunes
    Jun 21, 2016 10:53 AM in response to aheaiuego

    No one forced you to choose the 16 GB model.

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jun 21, 2016 11:06 AM in response to aheaiuego
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    Apple TV
    Jun 21, 2016 11:06 AM in response to aheaiuego

    You don't have to delete photos, you can optimise them or just move them when needed.

  • by BBoiss,

    BBoiss BBoiss Jun 21, 2016 11:25 AM in response to aheaiuego
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    Apple Music
    Jun 21, 2016 11:25 AM in response to aheaiuego

    Through the years of purchasing smart phones, I have learned my needs for physical storage have grown. My 3GS was a 16GB, 4S was 16GB as well, but then I upgraded to purchasing a 32GB on my 5s, and now a 64GB on my 6s.

     

    In all honesty, I don't need 12 versions of the same intended photo sitting on my iPhone, but I am admittedly lazy about cleaning this up. Apple has made a number of clever options through the years for minimizing your reliance on physical storage though. Music purchased from iTunes can essentially be streamed, as of a few years ago, instead of having to sit on my iPhone. Photos can now be Optimized so I can have access to my entire Photo/Video library instead of micromanaging what stays on my iPhone like I did in the past. I have 18k photos and 877 videos taking up a whopping 6.8 GB versus the actual storage they would take which is 112.1 GB because of Optimized Storage. I can even stream movies and tv shows I have purchased instead of loading them to my iPhone.

     

    For .99¢/month ($12/year), you can have 50GB of iCloud Storage to help minimize your storage requirements on your physical iPhone.

     

    Relevant links for all of this can be found below.

    Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support

    iCloud Photo Library FAQ - Apple Support