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32G iPhone 5 only shows 28g capacity. Is that correct?

Just activated new iPhone 5. 32G only showing 28.08 capacity in iTunes. I understand a couple of G for the OS, but 4G? Is that correct?

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Nov 1, 2012 7:00 AM

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User profile for user: roaminggnome
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Posted on Nov 1, 2012 7:10 AM

Yes.


This is how memory is reported. The same is true of your computer:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte


How OS X and iOS report storage capacity

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32G iPhone 5 only shows 28g capacity. Is that correct?

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