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Iphone 4 - 16gb with only 14gb?!
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No your last phone did not have a full 16 gig available
It is a result of binary and decimal systems and then whatever is preloaded
It is a result of binary and decimal systems and then whatever is preloaded
this has been discussed many times,
Wikipedia:
Consumer flash drives typically have sizes measured in powers of two (e.g. 512 MB, 8 GB). This includes SSDs as hard drive replacements [citation needed], even though traditional hard drives tend to use decimal units. Thus, a 64 GB SSD is actually 64×1024³ bytes. In reality, most users will have slightly less capacity than this available, due to the space taken by filesystem metadata.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Capacity
Wikipedia:
Consumer flash drives typically have sizes measured in powers of two (e.g. 512 MB, 8 GB). This includes SSDs as hard drive replacements [citation needed], even though traditional hard drives tend to use decimal units. Thus, a 64 GB SSD is actually 64×1024³ bytes. In reality, most users will have slightly less capacity than this available, due to the space taken by filesystem metadata.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Capacity
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I can't believe you actually have the phone in your hands, & I was unable to get one today. Please return it immediately so that others who are more deserving can have theirs.
I can't believe you actually have the phone in your hands, & I was unable to get one today. Please return it immediately so that others who are more deserving can have theirs.
I hate to be this guy (I really do), but Picks or it didn't happen.
you loose data with all flash memory, SSD Drives and Hard Drives, non are the full capacity.
No offense, but seriously? Is the iPhone your first piece of technology with a hard drive? You NEVER get the full amount of memory. This is very common knowledge
16GB - Operating System / files = 14GB. Always has, always will.
Care to post a screenshot showing that capacity is 16.0 GB (found under Settings > General > About)?
The capacity on my 32 gigger 3GS is 29.3 GB.
I hope the OP isn't the guy that started the class action lawsuit against Western Digital because they falsely said HDDs were 80GB, but they held less data when formatted.
/slap/slap/slap/slap
also read the back of your damned phone box
No one is being kid like, they are being zomg it's 2010 everyone knows this like.
/slap/slap/slap/slap
also read the back of your damned phone box
No one is being kid like, they are being zomg it's 2010 everyone knows this like.
This is a question related to this.
I feel as though I will be treated like an idiot, but my only issue with this, is that.
In capacity it says: 14GB however on my iPhone 3G that was the same size the capacity said 16GB
Not saying that my FULL SPACE available was that much but it was showing that I had all that memory however when I went into iTunes the FREE SPACE was something different, that was because of those pesky drivers and files and apps that are preprogrammed.
I just wanna know why the capacity is not 16GB and the free space isn't something like 13.98MB or whatever.
I feel as though I will be treated like an idiot, but my only issue with this, is that.
In capacity it says: 14GB however on my iPhone 3G that was the same size the capacity said 16GB
Not saying that my FULL SPACE available was that much but it was showing that I had all that memory however when I went into iTunes the FREE SPACE was something different, that was because of those pesky drivers and files and apps that are preprogrammed.
I just wanna know why the capacity is not 16GB and the free space isn't something like 13.98MB or whatever.
Call AppleCare and demand the missing GB back!
In fact, it is just like our computer, the real capacity is usually smaller than the specified number.
Mate, my 32Gb i purchased yesterday evening shows up as 29Gb. Thats the way it is.... unless you go start a Storagegate.
Now this confuses me. Why are there more system files and crap on a 32GB than on a 16? On 16 it's ~2, ~3GB on 32..
Just download the 2gb back from the app store, simple - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/2gb/id-noob=8