Empty device memories have been made by researchers, revealing their true tonnage
Under the microscope, the British Consumer Protection Agency (WHO) launched smartphones, revealing their true capacity. According to experts, 16GB capacity devices ultimately give up on functional, embedded applications (so-called bloatware) and system files as well as 46% of their internal memory.
In the expert tests, which took place last May, Apple's iPhone 5S and 5C, Samsung's Galaxy S4, Google's Nexus 5, Sony's Xperia Z1, BlackBerry Z30, HTC One Mini and LG G2 were "hit".
First in terms of available memory was the Apple iPhone 5C, occupying 21% of its capacity with bloatware and operating system - leaving 12,6GB free. Followed by Google Nexus 5 with available memory of 12,28GB, Apple iPhone 5S with 12,20GB and Sony Xperia Z1 with 11,43GB. Immediately after come the Blackberry Z30 with 11,20GB, HTC One Mini with 10,44GB, LG G2 with 10,37GB, while last was the Samsung Galaxy S4 with 8,56GB.
The graph created by researchers of Which?
Bloatware - material that "inflates" the mobile phone - involves unwanted software and applications that are pre-installed on smartphones, tablets or computers. It can even be used as a term to describe photos or other personal files that take up a lot of space on the device, thus slowing down its operation.
According to the researcher John Barrow Unfortunately, for users, most of the "factory" applications and features of mobile phones can not be deleted to free up valuable memory.
«The reality is that every mobile phone has to sacrifice some of its internal memory for the sake of its operating system - which means that the free memory of the mobile phone does not meet the listed 8, 16, or 32GB"Explains Baroos.
The answer
Samsung, for its part, hastened to explain that "in the case of Galaxy S4 with 16GB memory, 6,85GB is occupied by the operating system in order for the device to have a better screen resolution and offer more powerful capabilities to consumers. For this purpose, the company offers users the ability to extend their device memory via a microSD memory card».
On the other hand, Barourou pointed out that despite the fact that the iPhone 5C and 5S as well as the Nexus 5 were at the top of their available internal memory, these devices do not offer the possibility of expansion by adding an external memory card.
