Why is my iphone 4 saying not enough storage available?

Hello, when ios 7 came out I could not download it because I didn't have enough storage so I did not stress it. The next week I plugged my iphone in my laptop and it downloaded ios 7 and ever since then my iphone 4 will not let me take pictures, download apps, nothing and it keeps popping up not enough storage available, you can either buy more or delete some. So I deleted A LOT of my apps and pictures and contacts but still even with four apps on my phone it won't let me do anything. Does anyone know why? And I do not want to buy more storage because I am going to upgrade my phone this summer but still its very annoying, can anyone help me please? And thank you !!!

That's iCloud storage that it's talking about
Check Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup.
Odds are what you see here will show a very small amount as "Available."
See here to learn about managing your iCloud storage.
~Lyssa

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Why is my iphone 4 saying not enough storage available?

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