16gb vs 32gb Nexus 5

[Thony]

Since i m buying this phone I had a look at how much storage is left to users after OS and google apps.

For 16gb version it is 12.5gb and for 32gb version it is 26.7gb.

16-12.5 = 3.5gb taken by OS

32-26.7 = 5.3gb taken by OS

My question is: Why does 32gb version takes extra. 1.8gb for OS and apps ???

[Prikk]

Here is my guess.  As the memory is larger, it obviously would need a higher capacity cache on the memory. That is where the extra stuff went to.

[RevoltTrain]

Probably additional cache on the memory.

[Umair]

32gb advertised doesn't always give you the full 32gb.  My 64gb OnePlus One, for instance, has a total storage capacity of 54.87gb instead of 64gb.

[CyanOG]

32gb advertised doesn't always give you the full 32gb.  My 64gb OnePlus One, for instance, has a total storage capacity of 54.87gb instead of 64gb.

Right.. Im a power user and have 45GB left lol so much

[Cakefish]

All SSDs and HDDs work this way. About 7% of storage space is lost due to the way they are formatted. OSes see 1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes. Manufacturers of these drives quote their storage capacities as 1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes. Hence the discrepancy between advertised size and actual size of drives.

 

Due to 32GB being a higher number to start with, that 7% will represent a larger chunk of memory 'lost' compared to the 16GB drive. 64GB would 'lose' even more storage space than 32GB and so on...