We’ve told you that Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with almost 8GB of pre-installed software, leaving just 8GB (or so) of empty space to store your apps, photos, music and videos. Users from all around the world reacted to this, saying that the Korean company is misleading the public when it says that the 16GB version has 16GB of storage space. Cause when you get the phone, you’re left with only 8 gigs.
In a statement sent to CNET, Samsung said, “For the Galaxy S4 16GB model, approximately 6.85GB occupies [the] system part of internal memory, which is 1GB bigger than that of the Galaxy S3, in order to provide [a] high resolution display and more powerful features to our consumers.”
The handset maker suggests we use a microSD card to store photos, music and videos — cause apps can’t be installed on an external memory. They added that with a 64GB microSD card we still get the phone that has more capacity than best versions of the HTC One and Apple iPhone. Yes that’s true, but then again – there are no doubts in my mind Samsung should put in extra work to minimize its own footprint. With just 8GB of free space on the 16GB Galaxy S4, they shouldn’t really advertise it as a phone with 16GB of storage… cause it isn’t, since you can’t delete all those files and keep your warranty…