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zilzulizzwan

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Q: Phone storage

MY phone storage should be 16GB, but only appear 9GB. How come?

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Jan 26, 2015 10:32 AM

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by TJBUSMC1973,

TJBUSMC1973 Jan 26, 2015 12:07 PM in response to zilzulizzwan
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Jan 26, 2015 12:07 PM in response to zilzulizzwan

Because some of the space is being used by the operating system of the device, plus any other data you've added to the device.
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