ICloud storage and iPhone storage?

So I had 2.5 GB of space left on my iPhone. I turned on iCloud so I could save photos then delete them but then I got more space on iCloud ($0.99 a month) and suddenly it added 1000+ photos that were on another apple device I had. But surprisingly my phone space was at 2.8 GB Which is more space than before and my iCloud storage was lower. I have photo stream on. Does this mean any new photos saved to iCloud don't take space up on my phone, just takes up space in iCloud?

Nope. Syncing photos to iCloud does no help to release space on iPhone.
There's one tool named iMyfone iPhone Space Saver that can reclaim iPhone storage space by clean junk files, compress photos and manage apps. You may download to try it for free.

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