Alongside the announcement of the new iPhone 6s, iPad Pro, and new Apple TV, Apple also had good news for iCloud storage prices, which are now much cheaper.
iCloud has been the foundation of the iOS and OS X experience since its launch in 2011, giving users the ability to sync data between devices, back up their iPhone to the cloud wirelessly, and store photos in the cloud to free up iPhone space. or even use Find My iPhone to locate a lost or stolen iPhone.
While most app data doesn’t take up much space in iCloud, it can accumulate over time. When you add photos to the mix, you can quickly run out of iCloud storage.
Apple gives you 5GB of iCloud storage for free, but that’s not much room to really play around with. Just having lots of photos can fill up that 5GB without issue, so your only option at this point is to purchase additional iCloud storage.
Luckily, Apple has provided better prices for iCloud storage, and while you shouldn’t have to pay less per month for the lowest tier, you’ll get a lot more storage for your hard-earned money.
For just $0.99 per month, you can now get 50GB of iCloud Storage. For $2.99 per month you’ll now get 200GB of storage, and for $9.99 per month you’ll get a massive 1TB of iCloud storage. That’s a big leap forward from what Apple used to offer, giving you only 20GB for $0.99 per month, 200GB for $3.99, and 1TB for $19.99 per month. The 1TB tier is easily the biggest discount, cutting the price in half and saving you $10 per month.
However, this new change means Apple has eliminated the 500GB storage tier, which is priced at $9.99 per month, so you either get 200GB of storage or go up to 1TB; I like the 500GB tier, but at least now you can get double the storage for the same cost.
This couldn’t have come at a better time, because the iPhone still comes with a 16GB storage variant and photo and video will continue to increase as the quality it clearly has with the iPhone 6s. The new device comes with the best iPhone camera ever, and Apple is betting photography enthusiasts will upgrade to the new iPhone 6s to get these new camera features.
iPhone 6s now comes with a 12-megapixel camera instead of the 8-megapixel camera of the iPhone 6, which means bigger photos to take up more space on your iPhone. Also, the iPhone 6s can now record 4K video, which is much better than 1080p video, but it also takes up more storage, especially the longer the videos are.
There’s even a feature called Live Photos that takes a one-and-a-half-second video with each photo you take to somehow bring the photo to life every time you press the image. It’s a great feature that can be turned off easily, but many users will likely enjoy using it, and when this feature is turned on, that’s another thing that will take up valuable storage space, so if you’re considering getting a 16GB iPhone 6s, you can use iCloud storage to store all your photos and videos. You may want to consider upgrading the area. The good news is that iCloud storage prices are better than ever.
But that’s not too surprising, as cloud storage prices in general are competitively a bit heavy, and many cloud storage services are slashing prices to stay competitive.
In fact, in a recent comparison we did across several cloud storage services, Apple was one of the worst deals when it comes to paid plans, but now things look more competitive than ever with the new iCloud prices.
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