In order to conserve space on the device, it is advised to use the Optimize Phone Storage feature as iCloud stores the original in iCloud and, with the Optimize Phone Storage feature, a lower resolution on the device.
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Then turn off the "Optimize iPhone Storage" option on your device. See the "Store your photos and videos in iCloud" section in:
Yes, but since I have 39GB left I don’t want optimized photos on my phone. That’s part of why I got a 256GB phone.
It’s off. The problem is that I get these annoying pop-ups even though I have 39 GB of free space on the phone.
“Storage almost full”-pop up despite lots of space