1. mad_orsi's Avatar
    Hi everyone. I was recently cleaning up some memory on my priv and I noticed that the total internal memory of the device is 23.86 GB. How am I supposed to understand this? Ok I agree, I know that even if you have a 32 GB packed on device you wont get it all but a little less, well less than 32 GB of course like 29 maybe or 28 perhaps, but the difference in my case is 8.14 GB missing and I dont think its normal for a 32 GB phone. I dont know maybe im not understanding something here which I hope im not because its not possible, other than that any help would be appreciated. Thanks for reading folks.

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    08-17-17 01:46 AM
  2. mbafna's Avatar
    32 GB is the gross memory size, however, what you get is 23.86 GB after OS installation and various application modules installed over the phone.

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    08-17-17 01:49 AM
  3. mad_orsi's Avatar
    32 GB is the gross memory size, however, what you get is 23.86 GB after OS installation and various application modules installed over the phone.

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    Sent from my BlackBerry PRIV STV100-3
    Oh that sucks. Thank you anyway. It should've have an explanation of course

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    08-17-17 02:33 AM
  4. Mirko935's Avatar
    well less than 32 GB of course like 29 maybe or 28 perhaps
    What you're talking about here is the GB to GiB conversion. Storage manufacturers use GB (where 1 kB is 1000 B etc.) and Android expresses it in GiB, though it states GB which is fine according to JEDEC (nonsense, really, there's no reason for all that confusion to go on, but it is what it is), where 1 KiB is 1024 B, 1 MiB is 1024 KiB etc.
    The 8.14 GB missing are, as @mbafna stated, due to OS installation, preinstalled apps, some system reserved space etc.
    It's normal and that's the way it is on any other phone as well. Do we as consumers actually get a little screwed over? Well, that's up for debate.
    08-17-17 02:44 AM

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