iPad Mini: 16GB mini - How much of 16GB is usable?

[AmazonMan]

I know the os takes up some space. Any one have a 16gb mini and can tell me how much is usable per itunes?

[djransom]

I believe it's 13 and some change.

[wytwolf]

This pic from apple's website should give you an idea. It's for the iphone but the iPad should give you about the same.

[terminator-jq]

Just picked up a 16gb iPad mini today. The available space is 13.73gb

I was able to fit a bunch of apps (including some big games), all of my music, pictures and a couple HD movies on it. I still have a little over a gig of free space.

[AmazonMan]

Thanks all!

[darngooddesign]

You can tell iTunes to downsample your music all the way down to 128k when it's syncing so you can fit more on there.

[old-wiz]

still way better than some of the other tablets. i read that one had only 5gb available out of 16.

[ucfgrad93]

Originally Posted by old-wiz

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.

[old-wiz]

Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

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.

Unfortunately I don't remember.. I just read it and was a bit shocked.

[phr0ze]

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.

[mattopotamus]

Originally Posted by phr0ze

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

[phr0ze]

Originally Posted by mattopotamus

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

I don't know. Thats what is being claimed. Just google it. Here is just one:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=37258

[bigboar]

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....

[phr0ze]

Originally Posted by bigboar

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 have not experienced this in my long history with solid state. Most likely this particular issue is a software bug or serious design flaw in some controller.

[Awakener]

With iOS 6.0.1 I believe your left with about 12gb.

[phr0ze]

Originally Posted by mattopotamus

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

Not true. Windows will choke itself to death if the drive is full. I want to say even my mac Air when I used all the space slowed to a crawl.

Mindful that 0 space is a far cry from what is plagueing the Nexus 7.

[Lara F]

Originally Posted by phr0ze

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.

There were indeed complaints on xda, but I believe the 4.1.2 update fixed that problem.