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New iCloud Pricing Tiers for All Countries Outlined in Updated Support Document

I don't mind 5 GB free, but it should be 5 GB per device. Thus as I own a Macbook, iPhone and iPad I should get 15 GB free. Maybe even only 5 GB per iOS device (let's face it, 5 GB for a laptop isn't going to backup mutch!) As it stands I'll probably go for 50 GB just to get iPhoto library syncd across my devices.
 
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aajeevlin said:
This pricing is not bad. But it'd be nice if they have some sort of family plan. Like $5 for 1TB for a family of 5(Similar to what MS is offering).

BTW do any other companies actually offers family plan besides MS onedrive? I can't think of any.
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$5 for 1TB family plan is half that of regular $10 for 1TB individual plan. I would personally settle for Photos and Backup getting Family Sharing. And perhaps a small discount for yearly subscription (e.g., $100/year for 1TB vs. $10/month).
 
sniffies said:
If Google can offer a lot more for much less, why can't Apple too?? They have money and resources. Come on.
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Apple currently uses Amazon EC2 and Azure to store your data for iCloud. This isn't hearsay it is outlined by Apple themselves in their privacy report on their website. Your data is broken up into chunks (I think 256KB ones) and then encrypted by Apples iCloud services before being uploaded to either EC2 or Azure depending on some unknown criteria, perhaps round robin.

Contrast this with Google who and I am assuming here, probably use their own servers like they do for all the other things they run. That is probably why they can offer such large amounts of storage for so little money.

For other examples of this, look at Dropbox, they also use EC2 for storing data and their plans are very expensive for little amounts of storage. hubic on the other hand, a competitor to Dropbox offers 10TB for a measly sum per month (I think 10 Euros) and they like Google host the data themselves in their own datacentre. hubic is owned and operated by OVH a european data centre company.
 
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Moving in the right direction, but we're not quite there. I think buying devices should come with 1TB for 1-2 years. People constantly updating their tech shouldn't have to pay. People who use their tech 3-4 years should have to pay for storage after a while until they upgrade another device. It would add another to the pro column to get that new iPhone vs wait one more year.

Really, I think 1TB should be free for all but we're far from that, with Apple at least.
 
sniffies said:
If Google can offer a lot more for much less, why can't Apple too?? They have money and resources. Come on.
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Is Google really "a lot more for much less?"

Granted, its 15GB free storage is much larger than Apple's puny and outdated 5GB. But $1.99 for 100GB and $9.99 for 1TB is in line with Apple's $0.99 for 50GB and $2.99 for 200GB.

My only real complaints, other than 5GB free tier, are (1) lack of pay-as-you-go pricing (e.g., $0.99 per each additional 100GB used) and (2) lack of family sharing option.
 
u have no idea how annoying the free 5 GB plan is. literally everyone in my family keeps bothering me weekly telling me their iPhone is full when in fact it is only their iCloud storage but trying to explain the Cloud to them is just not possible. they should add free storage for every iDevice you own and at least to make sure the backup fits on it!!!
 
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I'm currently paying 99 cents a month for the 20 gig. Do I get upgraded to the 50 gigs. I could use the extra space...
 
Wonder if I'll get a refund, they just charged me 3.99 for the 200gb and I'm gonna jump down to the 50gb cause I needed more than 20gb but certainly not 200gb with the photos in he cloud. I am glad I only have to pay $1 a month now.
 
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ratocx said:
Not exactly the same. Google Photos store up to 16MP for free, but the image quality is compressed. On iCloud you can store RAW photos. I know most people don't see the difference and don't care about RAW, but for some people this is important.
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Fine. Apple can charge for raw then. I and most don't care, so Google is the superior solution for me and most.
 
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iolinux333 said:
I should get as much cloud storage as my total number of registered Apple devices, including my MacBook, for free, so that everything is always completely backed up. THAT is the seamless Apple experience I expect. If they need to charge more up front per device, fine, but I will never subscribe to subscription model BS for anything, period.
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Well then I'd have 28TB of iCloud Storage, which would be great but I can't expect them to just give me that kind of online storage space for free. Also considering that I don't use iCloud on 90% of those devices that amount of storage would just be sitting allotted to me. This would get so expensive I don't even want to imagine the cost.
It would have to be somewhere in the 100's of millions of $$$ just to cover iPhone iCloud storage.

I do agree though it would be nice but it would also be nice to never have to buy fuel to keep driving my car.
 
The Tuck said:
They need to be even cheaper to remain competitive.

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They probably don't. The 20GB tier (now 50GB) costs £0.79 per month in the UK.

To put that into perspective, a can of Coke costs £0.68 in the supermarket.

Apple also has the advantage that they can integrate iCloud services into the OS in a way that its competitors cannot (are not allowed to).
 
McGiord said:
I will keep repeating: every Apple device should come with free iCloud space matching the device size.
iPhone with 128GB should get at least 128GB.
Mac with 3TB should get 3TB.
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Correct. If they need to charge more for the initial device to cover the costs of this, fine. Microsoft started this subscription BS years ago. It garnered them no love either.
 
iolinux333 said:
I moved all my photos and movies over to Google Photos, which is unlimited and free forever. I'm not going to pay Apple monthly for the same thing.
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You do know that Google Photos recompresses everything that goes into it, right?

Even JPG photos that are under 16MP get recompressed so they occupy less space on Google's servers, at the cost of image quality. I'm fairly certain videos get recompressed as well.

If you want your photos stored in original quality, you have to pay for Google. Right now the only "free" option for full quality photos in the cloud is Flickr, with a 1TB limit. You will see advertising though.
 
McGiord said:
I will keep repeating: every Apple device should come with free iCloud space matching the device size.
iPhone with 128GB should get at least 128GB.
Mac with 3TB should get 3TB.
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That's absurd and would cost apple millions. iCloud backup is an OPTIONAL feature, the most data heavy feature is photos and it makes sense to charge each user just for what they actually NEED instead of giving them 3TB here and 128GB there. Why on earth would they match your device size for every device?? Keep your head in the clouds!
 
iolinux333 said:
I should get as much cloud storage as my total number of registered Apple devices, including my MacBook, for free, so that everything is always completely backed up. THAT is the seamless Apple experience I expect. If they need to charge more up front per device, fine, but I will never subscribe to subscription model BS for anything, period.
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I disagree. Charging more upfront means EVERYONE pays for the service, whether they want it or not. Though the monthly fee may seem like "nickel and diming to death", at least it is an option for those who wish to purchase it can do so.
 
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You're not paying for the same thing. Google photos downsizes your photos and compresses them unless you're paying google for their storage.

iCloud doesn't do that. It retains the exact image and File size of the original photo

iolinux333 said:
I moved all my photos and movies over to Google Photos, which is unlimited and free forever. I'm not going to pay Apple monthly for the same thing.
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