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I hope to hold on to my iPhone 5s for a while, but the storage space is so limited I can’t go to the next OS - 12.4.1 without making drastic cuts to what I have stored. Is there a way to increase gigs of memory without buying a newer phone?

Backup important image videos on Pc or Delete unwanted program.Remove app data too then you got storage.Yes,other hand memory upgrade is possible too if you got the inlarge capacity of NAND like 32,64.That need hardware skills.You may also use otg pendrive too.

No. Unfortunately, the iPhone 5 does not have expandable storage. I would suggest offloading some of your data to iCloud or your computer.