Michal Ždanský Not only has Apple updated its site, but it has also released some new information regarding iCloud storage. In iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, iCloud will find much more use, mainly thanks to the full iCloud Drive storage, according to which Apple has also set the prices of individual capacities. We already learned in June that 5 GB will be offered for free (unfortunately not for one device, but for all served under one account), 20 GB will cost €0,89 per month and 200 GB will cost €3,59. What we didn't know yet was the price per 1TB, which Apple promised to specify later.
So now he did. A terabyte in iCloud will cost you $19,99. The price is not at all advantageous, it is practically five times the 200GB variant, so there is no discount. By comparison, Dropbox offers 1 TB for ten dollars, and so does Google on its Google Drive. So let's hope that this option will become cheaper in the future. Apple also added a fourth paid capacity of 500GB, which will cost $9,99.
The new price list has not yet been reflected in the beta versions of iOS 8, which so far offer the old prices valid even before WWDC 2014. However, by September 17, when iOS 8 will be released, the current prices should appear. However, it will be a question of how many people will be willing to entrust their data, especially photos, to Apple after the affair with leaked sensitive photos of celebrities.
The current 5 GB is not enough. Especially when I have several devices. However, I certainly don't need 1 TB at this price, I can get by with about 20 GB. It's unfair that they don't give 5GB free with every device. At least it would be a nice reward for buying something new from them. Maybe some kind of paddle. :D
With iOS8 and Yosmite comes the Family Accounts option that can solve this problem. Each user of the device can have his AppleID logged in to the device and 5 GB for free. As far as I remember, up to 5 accounts can be connected to a family and each member of the family can download music, books, applications of others. Which solves the current problem of one AppleID on all devices and limited iCloud storage.
Well, I see, that's a disappointment. The only thing Family Sharing really brings is that members can "borrow" each other's apps and apparently purchased music. However, they do not have shared Data Storage on iCloud - so, for example, a family cannot back up to the same location, and each member must therefore have their own storage plan. The second disappointment is that iTunes Match is also unshared, so everyone should have their own library and their own paid Match. So unless you have 100% all music purchased from iTunes. So more or less unusable within the actual family, but more with some more distant relatives. Shame :(
Will the capacity and photostream be counted?
Unfortunately, probably yes. 20GB costs less than two bucks a month - and what else would an ordinary user use for such capacity other than photos. But I wonder how they will solve the shared albums - who will eat up the capacity.
I am still offered the old choices. 10gb, 20gb, 50gb. Probably only since iOS 8, right?
I'm looking to see that office 365 pays off the most :)
:-)