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I have an iPhone 4S 8GB with 9.1 installed and it says 5.3GB capacity with 4.5 GB available. I feel so hopeless and I've searched everyone online. Here's the deal.. I don't have anything installed and it use to say 4.8GB but it got low for no reason after I went back into settings to re check the storage. How does that make sense?

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My 16GB iPhone 5s reports 12.2GB capacity on iOS 9. It's normal to only have 5.3GB of capacity for an 8GB device. First, this is because iOS takes up quite a bit of room (and steals a little extra, too, just in case). Second, when calculating storage, 1GB is equal to 230 (1,073,741,824) bytes, but Apple sells you the iPhone with 1GB defined as only 109 (1,000,000,000) bytes (this is usually noted on the side of the iPhone box).

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  • Again, Is it normal for an IPhone 4s to come with 4.8 gb out of box with no apps installed?
    – Chris
    Commented Dec 9, 2015 at 20:10
  • Yes, it is normal.
    – Andrew Larsson
    Commented Dec 9, 2015 at 20:50

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