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Why is my 128gb saying 114gb capacity?

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IllIllIll

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Steve686 said:
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



;)
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Sorry...having trouble typing on my 6+ with one hand. A Sith Lord cut off my other hand with a lightsaber a while back... :)
 
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cfedu

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markel253 said:
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.
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It has everything to do with it.
 
ANTAWNM26

ANTAWNM26

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bambooshots said:
I don't know the exact details but it's also how the phone/computers in general calculates storage. Something like one MB is actually equal to 1024KB. And so on and so forth.

It has sometching to do with base numbers.

I can't believe how many people on tech forum don't know how storage works these days.
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lmao...you dont actually know but you cant believe how many people on tech forum dont know how storage works these days...lmao
 
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falcora

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This is how the math works:

The manufacturer of most drives say 128 GB is equal to 128,000,000,000 bytes. But since there are really 1024 mb in a gb, it works out to this:

128,000,000,000 bytes / 1024 = 125,000,000 kilobytes
125,000,000 kilobytes / 1024 = 120,070 megabytes
120,070 megabytes / 1024 = 119.21 gigabytes

Kind of confusing and weird, but the industry decided to do that a while ago in order to claim larger capacities. In reality a 128 GB drive would need to contain 137,438,953,472 bytes (128*1024*1024*1024).
 
Appl3FTW

Appl3FTW

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falcora said:
This is how the math works:

The manufacturer of most drives say 128 GB is equal to 128,000,000,000 bytes. But since there are really 1024 mb in a gb, it works out to this:

128,000,000,000 bytes / 1024 = 125,000,000 kilobytes
125,000,000 kilobytes / 1024 = 120,070 megabytes
120,070 megabytes / 1024 = 119.21 gigabytes

Kind of confusing and weird, but the industry decided to do that a while ago in order to claim larger capacities. In reality a 128 GB drive would need to contain 137,438,953,472 bytes (128*1024*1024*1024).
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To make it simpler, actual device is 93% of advertised size.
Ie. 128gb= 119gb
64gb= 59gb
32gb= 29gb
16gb= 14gb

Then subtract os from that usually 2-5gb and you have actual capacity available. So for me it's 119-5= 114gb useable space
 
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megapopular

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IllIllIll said:
Sorry...having trouble typing on my 6+ with one hand. A Sith Lord cut off my other hand with a lightsaber a while back... :)
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Unacceptable answer.... Reachability makes that "I only have one hand from a light saber fight" argument moot, lol!!
 
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utl768

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even though everyone does its still ******** how companies advertise 128gb and then u only get 114gb

i understand the os taking space but its still false advertiisng
 
Appl3FTW

Appl3FTW

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utl768 said:
even though everyone does its still ******** how companies advertise 128gb and then u only get 114gb

i understand the os taking space but its still false advertiisng
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I know right... Rude
 
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