Iphone 4 8gb only gives you about 6.4 gb of storage?

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Iphone 4 8gb only gives you about 6.4 gb of storage?

I recently got a new iphone 4 8gb, after my old iphone 4 was stolen right before the new year. When I bought my new one, I noticed that all of my music did not fit and overflowed the storage capacity. I deleted a lot of apps and did not have any pictures in the phone yet and still I could not fit all my music in (about 900 songs). My old iphone 4...which was purchased in August and also a 8gb , held all of my music plus a lot more (I also had downloaded the iOS 5 software on this phone too.) I'm wondering why now I only have about 6.4 of storage on this phone??? Contemplating whether I should just get the 16gb for the extra $100 if this can't be resolved..

iPhone 4

Posted on Jan 11, 2012 5:26 PM

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shero89

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Jan 11, 2012 5:33 PM in response to AJR1128

This is normal the 2gb are part of the ios and also contain the features that are necessary for your phone to work & even if you get the 16gb version it will be the same the free space will be 14gb

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vazandrew

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Jan 11, 2012 5:36 PM in response to AJR1128

That is how it's always been. You don't get 8GB of storage. All mass storage devices (Hard Drives, Flash Drives) report in exactly the same fashion. True storage capacity will be approximately 7% less than advertised. Then some is taken by the OS

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brad805

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Jan 11, 2012 5:35 PM in response to AJR1128

Your iPhone 4 GB sounds correct in its storage capacity. I doubt that you purchased an 8GB iPhone 4 in August, it was surely 16GB or maybe 32GB. I do not believe the 8GB iPhone 4 were available in August. If I am wrong it does not matter, because you now have an 8GB model. Just be better at picking the media you really use and enjoy, Apps, music etc. and the 8GB will serve you OK.

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