How much free space should I leave on my iPhone

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Level 1

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How much free space should I leave on my iPhone

I have been searching and can't find any guidance from Apple on how much free space should be left available on an iPhone. I have an original 8 GB iPhone and have lots more video and audio content than I have space available. I've read others say the same 10% rule should apply for free space on an iPhone as we've heard for regular hard drives, but others have speculated this is not the case. Does anyone know the answer? I also posted this to my own blog:

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?=3144

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 22, 2008 10:17 PM

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Answer 1

AKRBTN

Level 6

8,869 points

Oct 23, 2008 4:49 AM in response to Wesley Fryer

I'm not sure there is a definitive answer. I'm down to 400 mb at present and rarely have as much as 800 (10%) free. I don't notice any performance issues. I believe Safari may be more prone to crashing if you don't have much space, because the cache fills up as you browse and that can be a problem if you browsing alot or accessing alot of image-based content. But emptying the cache in Settings will normally fix that.

Just bear in mind that routine use will take up free space - it's not just ipod content. Internet files and emails and attachments will also take up space.

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Answer 2

GregF-ATL

Level 4

1,016 points

Oct 23, 2008 8:15 AM in response to Wesley Fryer

I've had as little as 25MB. The only reason that you would want to leave free space is for pictures. I've even seen mine listed the O free.

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