Apple Raises iCloud+ Prices in Three Countries

[MacRumors]

Apple recently raised prices for its iCloud+ plans in Brazil, Chile, and Peru, according to a support document updated last Thursday.

The table below outlines the price changes in each country.

Country	Old Prices	New Prices
Brazil	50GB: R$ 4.90 200GB: R$ 14.90 2TB: R$ 49.90 6TB: R$ 149.90 12TB: R$ 299.90	50GB: R$ 5.90 200GB: R$ 19.90 2TB: R$ 66.90 6TB: R$ 199.90 12TB: R$ 399.90
Chile	50GB: $790 200GB: $2,490 2TB: $8,490 6TB: $29,990 12TB: $59,990	50GB: $990 200GB: $3,290 2TB: $10,990 6TB: $32,990 12TB: $64,990
Peru	50GB: S/. 2.90 200GB: S/. 9.90 2TB: S/. 34.90 6TB: S/. 99.90 12TB: S/. 199.90	50GB: S/. 3.90 200GB: S/. 12.90 2TB: S/. 42.90 6TB: S/. 129.90 12TB: S/. 259.90

The price increases in Brazil were first reported by 9to5Mac, and we subsequently confirmed that Chile and Peru were also affected.

Throughout 2024, Apple raised prices for some or all iCloud+ storage plans in at least 10 other countries, including Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, and the Philippines.

So far, other countries like the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. have avoided iCloud+ price increases.

Article Link: Apple Raises iCloud+ Prices in Three Countries

 

[BelgianChoklit]

The elephant in the room... the 5GB base storage you get for free. The reason I think Apple will never increase the base storage you get for free isn't necessarily for the obvious fact more people will pay because the treshold is so low and they need more storage. I think their strategy is that they want as many people as possible entering their credit card to pay for the storage, because having that entered under your Apple ID lowers the treshold for App Store purchases.

 

[AppleTO]

200GB to 2TB… the largest rip off for most people.

 

[germanbeer007]

The elephant in the room... the 50gb base storage you get for free. The reason I think Apple will never increase the base storage you get for free isn't necessarily for the obvious fact more people will pay because the treshold is so low and they need more storage. I think their strategy is that they want as many people as possible entering their credit card to pay for the storage, because having that entered under your Apple ID lowers the treshold for App Store purchases.

50GB is meant for app settings storage. it doesn't make sense that Apple should give you 200GB for life. Apple doesn't run a charity.

 

[awshucks]

Honestly I would not be surprised if Apple raised US iCloud prices in order to not make the tariffed price hikes of hardware as bad.

 

[BelgianChoklit]

50GB is meant for app settings storage. it doesn't make sense that Apple should give you 200GB for life. Apple doesn't run a charity.

I corrected my post because it's 5GB. And no Apple doesn't run a charity, but 5GB of base storage isn't even enough for the most basic things, which ruins the experience imo. So giving users 15 or 20GB would improve it so much and btw, I'm not saying that has to be given for free as in they could add that cost to the iPhone itself. Because while Apple doesn't charge a monthly fee for the 5GB of "free" storage, that cost is taken into account in the price of the iPhone. Just like iOS updates are. So they could do the same for 15/20GB of storage

 

[saudor]

5gb is so low that i’m not even bothering with it. no chance for upgrades. it also doesn’t have the granularity and control of other cloud storage providers (before apple nerfed it by forcing everyone to use the crappy file provider api)


if it was 15gb, i might give it a try, and who knows might end up upgrading if i find that it’s useful.

 

[klasma]

200GB to 2TB… the largest rip off for most people.

It’s better than Dropbox which has nothing between 2 GB and 2 TB.

 

[Plutonius]

Tariffs are on goods.

iCloud prices could be indirectly impacted by the tariffs in terms of adding hardware but that cost should be negligible compared to the other cost (manpower, energy, etc.).

It's more likely that the increased cost on the three South American countries is due to the currency exchange rate or that Apple wants to make more money.

 

[NikoBeaR]

200GB to 2TB… the largest rip off for most people.

I just upgraded 10 minutes ago after months of deliberation. I had to move all my videos out of Photos onto my Mac because my family plan use of 200GB was getting razor tight. We hit the limit a few times!

**** apple for not giving users more choice. I don't need 2TB, but I would like 500GB option. Thankfully I have 20% off iTunes gift cards loaded in my account so i'm actually paying $8 a month.

 

[nocsi]

Every service in South America is cheaper because the population somehow convinced the service providers they're too poor. How can Americans convince all the service providers we too are poor.

 

[germanbeer007]

I corrected my post because it's 5GB. And no Apple doesn't run a charity, but 5GB of base storage isn't even enough for the most basic things,

most basic things is app settings syncing

So giving users 15 or 20GB would improve it so much

Not really.

and btw, I'm not saying that has to be given for free as in they could add that cost to the iPhone itself.

5GB for life is already factored into the cost of iPhone itself. Increasing it to 20GB would just make the phone cost more.

Because while Apple doesn't charge a monthly fee for the 5GB of "free" storage, that cost is taken into account in the price of the iPhone.

Yes. 20GB for life would just increase the cost of the device and there's not much more you can do with 20GB vs 5GB.

 

[Asthmatic Kitty]

200GB to 2TB… the largest rip off for most people.

Absolutely. I'm pushing up against 200GB now and dreading that stupid jump.

At least it's some incentive to finally sort through my photos library, thanks Tim!

 

[JamesMay82]

A few family members who are over 70+ and not tech exceed their 5G limit for email alone. Mainly because they never delete their mails..

I wonder if this is a common trend for kost
Folks

 

[danielsutton]

Apple recently raised prices for its iCloud+ plans in Brazil, Chile, and Peru, according to a support document updated last Thursday.

The table below outlines the price changes in each country.

Country	Old Prices	New Prices
Brazil	50GB: R$ 4.90 200GB: R$ 14.90 2TB: R$ 49.90 6TB: R$ 149.90 12TB: R$ 299.90	50GB: R$ 5.90 200GB: R$ 19.90 2TB: R$ 66.90 6TB: R$ 199.90 12TB: R$ 399.90
Chile	50GB: $790 200GB: $2,490 2TB: $8,490 6TB: $29,990 12TB: $59,990	50GB: $990 200GB: $3,290 2TB: $10,990 6TB: $32,990 12TB: $64,990
Peru	50GB: S/. 2.90 200GB: S/. 9.90 2TB: S/. 34.90 6TB: S/. 99.90 12TB: S/. 199.90	50GB: S/. 3.90 200GB: S/. 12.90 2TB: S/. 42.90 6TB: S/. 129.90 12TB: S/. 259.90

The price increases in Brazil were first reported by 9to5Mac, and we subsequently confirmed that Chile and Peru were also affected.

Throughout 2024, Apple raised prices for some or all iCloud+ storage plans in at least 10 other countries, including Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, and the Philippines.

So far, other countries like the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. have avoided iCloud+ price increases.

Article Link: Apple Raises iCloud+ Prices in Three Countries

Raising prices without giving customers any benefits is nickel and diming. Apple already does not give us any discounts for yearly memberships or more storage space, so iCloud+ is not a very good value for the money.

 

[Sixteengigabytes]

They must have realised they can squeeze customers a bit more. Time for Tim to go.

 

[JamesMay82]

Absolutely. I'm pushing up against 200GB now and dreading that stupid jump.

At least it's some incentive to finally sort through my photos library, thanks Tim!

I switched off all my photos and files from iCloud. I just keep email.. it takes a bit of getting use to but not so bad after a couple of weeks

 

[Baslea]

I still don’t get that dumb local pricing. Why should a Turkish guy pay like 1/10. of me who has the luck of living in Switzerland? That’s not fair tbh.

 

[cicalinarrot]

iCloud is one of the worst things about Apple right now:
- Only available service of its kind for years.
- Automatically installed.
- Impossible to remove completely.
- Traps you with almost useless free trial.
- Sends you spam to convince you to buy, disguised as system alerts.
- Features like live photos are clearly made to only be backed-up properly via iCloud.
- USB backup has been kept really bad to make iCloud look like the only acceptable backup.
- Storage plans haven't scaled as iPhone storage did.
- Now this.

I worked in a shop that only repairs Apple stuff, you wouldn't believe how many people from 50 years old and up came in worried about the alerts that terrorized them because the storage was over. It's the anti-virus strategy, 100% anti-consumer.
Many of the cheap tricks Apple uses are clearly against EU rules and will surely be fought with regulation in here, more than a decade too late. Meanwhile, Apple has scammed its own customers for so much money and many of them will stay trapped.

 

[TJFDenver]

I wish iApple gave customers the ability to self-host iCloud services Ala exchange

 

[akatsuki]

Cloud prices getting more expensive is ridiculous... Storage and bandwidth are still on a downward spiral of cost so this is pure gouging unless they add some real features...

I assume this is because they expect profits to go down from the alternative app payment options the EU is pushing and the Trump tariffs, so going to start squeezing elsewhere.

 

[burgman]

most basic things is app settings syncing


Not really.



5GB for life is already factored into the cost of iPhone itself. Increasing it to 20GB would just make the phone cost more.



Yes. 20GB for life would just increase the cost of the device and there's not much more you can do with 20GB vs 5GB.

Is it 3 times or 4 times as much, So confusing 🫤

 

[Doomtomb]

still waiting for that GB upgrade to the free tier

 

[baconcat_8964]

200GB to 2TB… the largest rip off for most people.

Agree. 200GB to 1TB, then 4TB, 10 TB should be fine. Even with family sharing, filling 2TB seems unlikely to me.

 

[Rradcircless]

I’ve been to Chile, their economy isn’t thriving at all. Pretty much nobody can afford iPhones. It’s androids everywhere. Apple must be gouging the few subscribers who are well off enough to bear it.