Buying a new phone over Black Friday? Don’t make this costly storage mistake

Picture the scene: You're standing on the sidelines at your child's soccer game as he prepares to take the winning penalty. You framed the shot beautifully, pressed record in preparation for that big moment, and then disaster struck: “iPhone storage is full. You can free up space on this iPhone by managing your storage in Settings.” Cue swear word.

We've all been in situations like this before—I once received that scary message while interviewing an actor on the red carpet—and there's no such thing as a good time to run out of phone storage, whether you're using an iPhone or an Android phone.