iPad Other storage

[tranceFusion]

I just did a "restore as new" in iTunes on an ipad air with 7.0.3.

It's showing 645 MB of the storage consumed as "Other".

Is this normal?

 

[Zcott]

I think some of that is the actual OS. It does take up some space, y'know.

 

[tranceFusion]

I think some of that is the actual OS. It does take up some space, y'know.

I am assuming the reason that I started at 12.85GB capacity and not 14.9GB was provisioning for the OS. And that the "Other" is something else.

 

[Zcott]

Could also be:

Browser cache
Mail cache
Mail messages
Mail attachments
Safari's Reading List
iTunes Backups
Crud resulting from jailbreaking your iDevice
Game data
Saved data files
Call history
Notes
Media
Voice memos

 

[tranceFusion]

Could also be:

Browser cache
Mail cache
Mail messages
Mail attachments
Safari's Reading List
iTunes Backups
Crud resulting from jailbreaking your iDevice
Game data
Saved data files
Call history
Notes
Media
Voice memos

... Except that I don't have any of that stuff because it's a brand new, freshly restored iPad. I haven't even gone through the setup yet.

 

[Consultant]

Reports are iOS 7 takes up more room than previous iOS.

At least it's not a Microsoft product, where you only get 16GB of free space with a 32GB Surface RT.