Once you've upgraded your iPhone to iOS 5, you'll want to set up iCloud, but the default settings will leave you without much storage room to spare. Find out how to maximize your back-up space.

iCloud is beneficial in many ways: you can back up your data on the go, keep your devices synced up, and it's free. Each user is allotted 5GB of free iCloud storage, which will actually go a long way.

To see where you stand, head to Settings → General → iPhone Storage. If Photos is high up on the list, turning on optimized storage for iCloud Photos can help out.

Buy more storage in iCloud > ‘Manage Storage’ > ‘Change Storage Plan’. Alternatively, head into Backups, choose your device, and figure out if there’s any data you can do without if everything goes ...

If you use iCloud Photo Library, iOS has a feature called Optimize iPhone Storage to help save storage space on your iPhone. Your original photos and videos are kept in iCloud Photo Library, and ...

Access the iCloud settings on your iPhone to manage and delete backups. Optimize email and message storage You can clear the attachments and media from emails and messages which are no longer needed.

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The third section in iCloud Settings displays what devices are associated with your iCloud account. For any device beside an iPhone 6 or 6 Pus, clicking on it only displays the Serial Number.

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