For me it is OK: 0.99€ for 50 GB. It's less than the price of one two-ways ticket in local communication.
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Apple Reduces Prices of iCloud Storage Plans
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The article contradicts itself.
In the main body it says $0.99 for 50GB, then in the summary it says $0.99 for 20GB.
Which is it, and can this be corrected please?
Also, for those complaining about space for photo backups etc, just turn off photo iCloud backups and backup for photos to your computer (with Yosemite and Photos you can set this to happen automatically over iCloud). Once you do that you should have enough in your free 5GB to back up several devices. I have, and I'm a heavy user.
Apple don't explain this I suspect because people think they need to spend a fortune for storage when, in truth, they don't. I suspect there are some guides online explaining exactly this if you search.
Google and Microsoft also collect data from you specifically for advertising purposes and Dropbox gives you 2 GB outright and only more when you promote their service to your friends or network (by now many people have Dropbox, so it’s becoming a lot more difficult to get some more free space). That is the true picture and you are thus paying in kind for about 10 GB more, whereas Apple gives you 5 GB already with no strings attached. That is a reasonable starting point and Apple is still very generous with Photo Stream, iTunes in the Cloud and iCloud Music Library. With the new pricing scheme they are also competing effectively now, with the exception of the 1TB tier of OneDrive.
They are new and old price points. I'll leave you to decide which is new and which is old. You can read the article title for a hint, if necessary. A careful reading of the article itself, wouldn't hurt either.
Not having a backup of your devices important data could be particularly devastating, though. Maybe not to you; I'm not saying that your own particular phone's, or pad's, or pod's, etc data and back up have to be personally important to you. But, many people i've had encounters with have lost data, phone or otherwise, due to not having copies or backups of such. A backup of the iPhone can be performed with iTunes itself, but unless you regularly sync the iPhone using it, the backup will likely be very out of date and of limited use.
Taking the time to establish a backup on iCloud is more likely to allow for a much more timely and up-to-date restore in the event of loss. As such, I would not recommend disabling iCloud backups. And just pony up the But, to each their own!
OK, so when do we see the prices for other countries, and when does this kick in?
Eh?
You're holding off upgrading to 50GB a year for a dollar a month which makes it $11.88 right? You're now paying $10.99 dollars for 20 gig, so you're actually considering holding out to save $0.89
Im on the 20gb plan. for 79 Great British Pence. Very glad that they've pumped that up to 50gb. Worth every penny.
Yes, Im still seeing 20gb this morning. I guess the rollout might take a day or two - I've still got a few GB to play with.
I think this was truly a last-minute decision. It's nowhere on their website, not even as a promotional info page.
I guess in one of those rare few who have an 850gb library... Even 1tb is close to being too small for me. I shoot mostly with a Nikon D800E where each raw files is 50 mb, so it gets big quite fast.
As we've not seen anything yet, I'm inclined to go with the likelihood that this is either going to be linked to iOS9 release or the iPhone launch dates.
I think apple wants to encourage more people to get their credit cards on file.They know 5GB is too less and the 50GB storage for 0.99 cents will encourage free iTunes/AppStore account holders to use their credit card.Also, in the long wrong these "free" account holders may make more purchases once they have their cards on file.This may not be relevant in US though.In INDIA you can make iTunes purchases only with a credit card but not with a debit card due to regulations.Debit cards are mainstream then credit cards here.
Depends. It compares favourably with commercial use of geo-redundant storage cloud providers.
For example, 200GB of Azure Storage is going to cost you around $8.50 per month, plus egress fees. And that's with an enterprise agreement.
Apple will likely be using geo-redundant storage, which is more expensive than basic cloud offerings. And it's possible they are using multiple providers for redundancy. Whilst it's unlikely they're making a loss on cloud storage, it's unlikely they will actually be making a profit on it.
