Compress photos before taking them: You can set your iPhone to capture photos in High Efficiency mode, which uses the HEVC format to compress images while maintaining their quality. To do this, go to Settings > Camera > Formats, and select High Efficiency
You can't reduce photo size on iPhone through regular iPhone Photos app without cropping it. You can see the size of photo or reduce it using 1 of 2 ways:
- Image size
- Compress Photos&Pictures