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09-02-2008, 04:57 AM #1Livin the iPhone Life
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does anyone wonder why.....
why is it that when a iphone 4GB is formatted it gets 3.5GB space yet when a 16 is formatted it gets 14.5GB. i mean they booth got the same software on it whats the 1GB difference?
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09-02-2008, 06:29 AM #2Green Apple
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Sorry, math tells me its 0.5 Gig difference, and no, I have no idea. Probably its taken up or down to the nearest. 4 GB for example could mean 3.58, not 3.5. If so, then 4 times as much, as in 16 GB would be 14.32, maybe written as 14.5 GB.
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09-02-2008, 06:34 AM #3Super Moderator
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Why is my hard drive smaller than its advertised size? Microsoft Application Tips and Tweaks - dslreports.com
edit: I like this explanation better: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1594Last edited by dale1v; 09-02-2008 at 07:19 AM.
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09-02-2008, 07:09 AM #4
oooooh so it's the binary
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