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dranakin

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Mar 6, 2005
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Wondering what is a good amount of free space to leave on the iPhone, as it is a mini-computer and all.
 

TEG

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Jan 21, 2002
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As much or as little as you want, as it has its own separate RAM. However, if you take a lot of pictures, then you may want to leave more.

TEG
 

Xtal

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Jun 23, 2008
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Wondering what is a good amount of free space to leave on the iPhone, as it is a mini-computer and all.

I would leave at least a couple hundred MB (0.1-0.2 GB) in case any application needs to save data.
 

kevo0822

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Jul 13, 2007
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Alot! It's none of your business!

That doesn't even make sense... the OP asked how much SHOULD you leave free, not how much DO you have free.

Before I bought a 16GB 3G, I filled my 8GB almost to its limit... leaving about 30-40MB free. Didn't see any change whatsoever in the performance of the phone.
 
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