Microsoft yesterday levered the news that some iPhone owners had to delete content before installing the new iOS 8 with an offer to nearly double the free space for its OneDrive cloud storage service.

“While it might seem strange to announce new features on a Friday evening, we’ve been listening to the commentary about storage on the new iPhones released today and we wanted to get you more storage right away,” wrote Douglas Pearce, a group program manager with the OneDrive team, on a blog. “We think you’ll appreciate having more free storage while setting up your iPhone 6 or upgrading to iOS 8.”

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