Iphone7 27gb of 32gb

[jfc723]

So where is the rest of the 32gb?

After a few days of use I only have 20gb left.

I know the ios takes some of that 32 but 5gb??

I deleted most of the stock apps and I only downloaded a few more.

I only have 3 pictures and one 10sec vid.

No music.

Icloud just contacts.


At this rate i will be max the capacity in like couple of weeks? In all seriousness where the hell is that 7 gb is coming from?

 

[heyyitssusan]

Maybe try to restore and start as new?

 

[Dirtydutch]

So where is the rest of the 32gb?

After a few days of use I only have 20gb left.

I know the ios takes some of that 32 but 5gb??

I deleted most of the stock apps and I only downloaded a few more.

I only have 3 pictures and one 10sec vid.

No music.

Icloud just contacts.


At this rate i will be max the capacity in like couple of weeks? In all seriousness where the hell is that 7 gb is coming from?

I believe there is a note somewhere on the Apple site that says 4-6gb will be missing out of the box due to the OS and other pre installed items. Actually it's disclaimer number 1

 

[Neebee]

I believe there is a note somewhere on the Apple site that says 4-6gb will be missing out of the box due to the OS and other pre installed items. Actually it's disclaimer number 1

Yeah, there is or was a class action lawsuit about this. Not sure the disclaimer is a result of the lawsuit.

 

[jfc723]

Ok so yeah the os takes a big chunk

But the other 7gb?

Ok lets pretend the few apps i have take 2gb. What about the 5gb?

And There is 4 iphone 7's in the household with about that 5gb average out of nowhere.

 

[aristobrat]

What does your Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage > Storage : Manage Storage show?

 

[thadoggfather]

usually its the iWork suite: iMovie, Pages, Keynote, etc

 

[mcdj]

The extra gigabytes are for the second speaker.

 

[C DM]

So where is the rest of the 32gb?

After a few days of use I only have 20gb left.

I know the ios takes some of that 32 but 5gb??

I deleted most of the stock apps and I only downloaded a few more.

I only have 3 pictures and one 10sec vid.

No music.

Icloud just contacts.


At this rate i will be max the capacity in like couple of weeks? In all seriousness where the hell is that 7 gb is coming from?

32 GB actually only has 29.8 GB of space to begin with. Throw in iOS itself, which can certainly be in the 2-3 GB range, and you have something like 27 GB of free space.
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I believe there is a note somewhere on the Apple site that says 4-6gb will be missing out of the box due to the OS and other pre installed items. Actually it's disclaimer number 1

A chunk of that is simply from 32 GB only being 29.8 GB at most to begin with: http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2013/07/lost-storage-space.html

 

[se1000]

there's a difference between the way storage manufacturers count capacity and the way OS's see it. Long story short, 32GB = 30.5GB is what you start with.

 

[jfc723]

What does your Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage > Storage : Manage Storage show?

all the apps are taking more than I was thinking.. its taking 3.8gb

i deleted almost all the stocks apps that i am able to except garage band (1.6gb and Imovie)

still there is about 3gb unaccountable for!!

i know its not much but gesh.

 

[C DM]

there's a difference between the way storage manufacturers count capacity and the way OS's see it. Long story short, 32GB = 30.5GB is what you start with.

I believe it's even slightly less than that at 29.8 GB: http://www.worldstart.com/why-is-my-32gb-flash-drive-actually-29-8-gb/

all the apps are taking more than I was thinking.. its taking 3.8gb

i deleted almost all the stocks apps that i am able to except garage band (1.6gb and Imovie)

still there is about 3gb unaccountable for!!

i know its not much but gesh.

Did you account for starting out with under 30 GB to begin with?

 

[realpras]

all the apps are taking more than I was thinking.. its taking 3.8gb

i deleted almost all the stocks apps that i am able to except garage band (1.6gb and Imovie)

still there is about 3gb unaccountable for!!

i know its not much but gesh.

When you "delete" the stock apps, it doesn't actually delete them and free up some storage. It just hides them from the home screen. That's why you can always "download" them back from the App Store even though you have no internet connection.

 

[jfc723]

I believe it's even slightly less than that at 29.8 GB: http://www.worldstart.com/why-is-my-32gb-flash-drive-actually-29-8-gb/


Did you account for starting out with under 30 GB to begin with?

yes I did like I mentioned on the first comment. im not counting from 32 but from 27

about 4gb in apps and onl7 20gb available on phone....

also I am seeing about that average on 3 other 7s

 

[se1000]

yes I did like I mentioned on the first comment. im not counting from 32 but from 27

about 4gb in apps and onl7 20gb available on phone....

also I am seeing about that average on 3 other 7s

I don't think you're getting it, you need to start from 29.8GB, THEN subtract the OS, etc etc.

 

[C DM]

yes I did like I mentioned on the first comment. im not counting from 32 but from 27

about 4gb in apps and onl7 20gb available on phone....

also I am seeing about that average on 3 other 7s

There are usually some system and app caches and temporary files that can come into play as well to one degree or another, depending on what you do (like stream iTunes music or video or use some other streaming apps or use various social network apps, etc.).

 

[Mrbobb]

As usual, if you think you need x, buy double-it!

 

[Neebee]

When you "delete" the stock apps, it doesn't actually delete them and free up some storage. It just hides them from the home screen. That's why you can always "download" them back from the App Store even though you have no internet connection.

Ah. Another trick Apple learned from Samsung. lol