


For some unknown reason, the Galaxy S4 reserves 7.2GB for system use. If you take a virgin, SIM-free, off-contract Galaxy S4, it has 8.8 gigabytes of free space - and no amount of deleting apps or photos will increase that figure. Other smartphones, such as the 16GB iPhone 5 or 32GB Lumia 920, have almost 90% of their listed storage available for consumer use.Įven more remarkably, the Galaxy S4’s pitiful amount of usable storage isn’t just a case of bloatware installed by Samsung or your carrier. If you’re thinking about buying a 16GB Galaxy S4, you should probably think again: Samsung’s entry-level superphone, despite being labeled as a 16GB device, comes with just 8.8GB of free storage - or about 55% of the listed 16GB.
