i read that one had only 5gb available out of 16.
Which one is that? The worst I've seen is the Microsoft Surface tablet. The 32GB model only has 16GB available for the owner to use.
The 8GB Nexus 7 only has 5GB free. Perhaps you saw that and assumed it was 16GB. And there are users quoting huge performance slow downs once there is only 2-3GB of free space left.
That means on the base model Nexus, you can only really use 2-3GB.
may be a dumb question, but how would the amount of storage effect the speed of the phone? I just think of other devices I have had (pc's, macs) and the speed is more dependent on the RAM and processor. I could fill up a hard drive and notice zero difference in speed
even though i dont know much about them I have read that solid state drives slow down once hitting 60-65% capacity. I do not know this from experience though....
I just think of other devices I have had (pc's, macs) .... I could fill up a hard drive and notice zero difference in speed
The 8GB Nexus 7 only has 5GB free. Perhaps you saw that and assumed it was 16GB. And there are users quoting huge performance slow downs once there is only 2-3GB of free space left.
That means on the base model Nexus, you can only really use 2-3GB.