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Actual storage: 56.6gbs. Is this normal?
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I'd just like to whether or not 56.6gbs of actual capacity is normal. As of yet, I haven't updated my iphone to 5.0.1.
Where has 7.4gbs gone to?
The manufacturers calculate 1gb = 1000mb while the actual is 1024 mb, that difference explains why the real storage is lower than what is written down. For ex, if you buy a 500gb HDD you can only get 460gb
Part of that storage is for the iOS btw
This is very normal! some of the memory is already being used up as ios5. also all the apps you see also uses up memory
It really has nothing to do with the memory being used by the iOS. The hard drive manufactures simply redefined the standard as 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. So you are buying 1 gig of bytes instead of a true 1GB storage.
It would be equivalent to Ford advertising better mileage for their vehicles by simply redefining a mile as 5000 ft. It is dishonest and should not be allowed.
Apple is simply following the hard drive manufacturer conventions.
I was expecting to get less space than what was advertised, but I was also expecting to get a capacity figure at around 57/58gb.
Well looking through these threads, most people have posted figures such as 57gb/58gb. Why am I just getting 56.6gb?
Ive always wondered why my Macbook Pro is advertised at 250 GB, but actual capacity is 249.72 GB? Any explanation for that?
