Why is my 128gb saying 114gb capacity?

[Knowimagination]

OP the good news is that all of the 128GB iPhones have a capacity of 114GB so you have nothing to worry about.

The bad news is you don't know how storage capacity works, but this is a problem that most people have and we get threads like this every year about "missing" storage.

 

[IllIllIll]

The ignorance is strong in this one.

/Yoda

 

[itjw]

1024 = 1000? All you need to understand.

 

[Appl3FTW]

114gb

Thank you

 

[Appl3FTW]

Ok I get it... Lmao @ everyone's posts

I'm actually embarassed, yes I'm a tech. I know about the 1024 rule but I guess my fanboyism kicked in and wanted more. Lawls

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Wrong. 1024mb= 1gb thank you. If they said 128gb then the phone should have so. I'm just wondering if ios8 itself is 14gb big.

I said it right then n there... Zomg apple what did u do to me haha

 

[bambooshots]

Ok I get it... Lmao @ everyone's posts

I'm actually embarassed, yes I'm a tech. I know about the 1024 rule but I guess my fanboyism kicked in and wanted more. Lawls

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I said it right then n there... Zomg apple what did u do to me haha

Yep. It seems like Apple manages to set themselves apart enough from their competition that people start thinking that laws of computer science don't apply to it.

 

[Appl3FTW]

All manufacturers sell Disk based solutions as 1000bytes = 1 kilobyte, 1000kilobytes = 1mb, etc.

And they arent technically wrong. 'kilo' in the metric system does in fact mean 1000. Its just that in computers, using binary addressing, a computer thinks it should be 1024 bytes, as that's how you see it in a addressing sense.

This has been going on for years. Buy a Hard Drive at 120GB and format it, with no data at all on it - its not going to be 120GB as far as the PC is concerned.

Hard drive manufacturers market drives in terms of decimal (base 10) capacity. In decimal notation, one megabyte (MB) is equal to 1,000,000 bytes, one gigabyte (GB) is equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes, and one terabyte (TB) is equal to 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.

Programs such as FDISK, system BIOS, Windows, and MacOS use the binary (base 2) numbering system. In the binary numbering system, one megabyte is equal to 1,048,576 bytes, one gigabyte is equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes, and one terabyte is equal to 1,099,511,627,776 bytes.

Source: http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/172191en

There is approx 119 usable GBs on any virgin 128GB drive. That's industry standard. Then subtract OS and all the pre-installed apps.

1 up to all of u... Schooled me back in tech. Wow I feel like a retard now for such a hiccup. Thanks guys

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Yep. It seems like Apple manages to set themselves apart enough from their competition that people start thinking that laws of computer science don't apply to it.

Thanks dude, and mah bad if I came across douchey earlier. I was in my apple bubble that I want more more more haha

 

[C. Robert]

This is why people make fun of Apple users. Do the math then change the tittle to. I have no idea how tech works.

 

[Appl3FTW]

This is why people make fun of Apple users. Do the math then change the tittle to. I have no idea how tech works.

Sorry mr perfect I didn't realize I'm so imperfect.

 

[markel253]

128Gb is the capacity BEFORE the operating system and included apps are added. Without an OS your phone would be an expensive paperweight.

You have to always consider the overhead. Has nothing to do with the definition of a Gigabyte.

 

[EW800]

Sorry mr perfect I didn't realize I'm so imperfect.

Man, do you always come across like this? Lot of supportive people here trying to help you and you really come across with a tone....

 

[jafingi]

http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/specs/

1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.

Plus this: http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/15/ilifeiwork-ios-apps-to-come-pre-installed-on-64gb-and-128gb-iphone-66-plus/

 

[burgman]

Wrong. 1024mb= 1gb thank you. If they said 128gb then the phone should have so. I'm just wondering if ios8 itself is 14gb big.

So you know storage calculations but not how to see what is on your phone?

 

[Steve686]

The ignorance is strong in this one.

/Yoda

We can't even quote Master Yoda correctly? What are the boards coming to?

It should be, "Strong the ignorance is in this one.".

Geez

 

[Appl3FTW]

Man, do you always come across like this? Lot of supportive people here trying to help you and you really come across with a tone....

Did u see the quote I quoted and responded to? I'm a nice guy I promise haha

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We can't even quote Master Yoda correctly? What are the boards coming to?

It should be, "Strong the ignorance is in this one.".

Geez

More like...

"This one, the ignorance is strong" haha

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So you know storage calculations but not how to see what is on your phone?

I know I know, I got a brain fart thanks to apple trance I have with my 6+

 

[eelw]

The fail is on all the other posters telling the TC about decimal to binary conversion. If they just read the next few posts by the TC, they would know he's aware of this already.

 

[Appl3FTW]

The fail is on all the other posters telling the TC about decimal to binary conversion. If they just read the next few posts by the TC, they would know he's aware of this already.

Thanks, btw what's tc? I know of op but what's tc?

 

[ScubaCinci]

128Gb is the capacity BEFORE the operating system and included apps are added. Without an OS your phone would be an expensive paperweight.

You have to always consider the overhead. Has nothing to do with the definition of a Gigabyte.

You're wrong

 

[ucfgrad93]

I can't believe how many people on tech forum don't know how storage works these days.

Agreed. This pretty much happens every time a new iPhone is introduced.

 

[eelw]

Thanks, btw what's tc? I know of op but what's tc?

Topic creator

 

[TroyBoy30]

If you format a 128gb with nothing in it, it should be 128gb. The only reason why it's less is if it was loaded with os.

Wrong

 

[Appl3FTW]

Topic creator

O aight...

Wrong

Thanks lmao

 

[Bahroo]

Wrong. 1024mb= 1gb thank you. If they said 128gb then the phone should have so. I'm just wondering if ios8 itself is 14gb big.

No computer comes with the exact storage they list, if you get a 512gb harddrive on a computer, you really get like 470 something GB and so forth. Also they came with iMovie, Numbers, etc pre installed which takes up a few gigabytes

 

[geoff5093]

Lets keep repeating the same thing over and over, even though the OP stated he now knows..

 

[Appl3FTW]

Lets keep repeating the same thing over and over, even though the OP stated he now knows..

This, lulz thanks bruh