New 32GB iPhone 5s Has Only 27.5GB Capacity - Is this Correct?

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New 32GB iPhone 5s Has Only 27.5GB Capacity - Is this Correct?

Hi all,

I just got a new 32GB iPhone 5s. Before setting anything up, I noticed that in "Settings --> General --> About" my phone is shown as having a capactiy of only 27.5GB, with 26.8GB available.

This is a new phone with nothing but stock apps on it. Anyone know why the disparity is so large? I'm aware that there is a decimal vs binary issue at play, but it seems that after converting to binary, the phone should still have a capacity of 29.8GB, and I'm sitting at 2.3GB under that. (My quick math: 32,000,000 / 1024 = 31250 / 1024 = 30.5175 / 1024 = .0298, or 29.8GB)

Is this normal? I am as bad at math as I've suspected? Any ideas?

Thanks!

Posted on Oct 7, 2013 8:03 PM

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emhsno

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Nov 16, 2013 9:32 AM in response to nateapple

Yeah! I noticed the same thing on mine.... I don't get it I purchased a phone with capacity of 32gb not 27.5gb anyone out there notice this also? &/or anyone know why this is?

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Nov 16, 2013 9:42 AM in response to nateapple

The iphone it has that capacity, however, the GB missing are being used by the software running on the iphone and the apple apps software (mail, contacts, etc). All iphones have that.

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AZAR1A

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Nov 21, 2013 2:09 PM in response to nateapple

I just got the new iphone 5S 32GB and when I synced it to my itunes account it fills up to the same spot that my old 4GB iphone 4!

How is that mt 32GB and 4GB phone have the same storage capacity?

Pretty confused 😟

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Nov 21, 2013 7:22 PM in response to nateapple

Are you fellas new to technology in general or what? You make it sound as if the iPhone is the first storage device in the whole wide world to have less than the stated GB. This has been the norm since time immemorial when it comes to anything storage related, from computer HD's to flash drives to mp3 players, etc.

[For example, that 1TB hard drive has less than a whole terabyte of free usable space.]

Where do you think the O.S (Operating System) and system files reside? Those take up some GB's, and some more space is "lost" to file formatting as well.

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