Rating of "honesty" smartphone with 16 GB of on-board

Despite the development of "cloud" technologies and ease of obtaining hundreds of gigabytes on a remote server to nothing , the problem of lack of space on mobile devices has not disappeared anywhere .

 Several reasons for this , and the main ones are: high price of high-quality modules and NAND increase file size by increasing resolution content. 

Because now the minimum memory in off-budget smartphone is worth it is a volume of 16 GB . But acquiring such a device , it must be remembered that for actual use will be available much less.

British electronic diary «Wich?» Published a short article about what the buyer smartphone declared 16GB module on board really gets much less. By the material they made and simple infographic last year with several popular devices in the UK , having a memory . In it, they clearly reflected many of the alleged buyer gets 16 GB on a completely new smartphone.

The three leaders of the first and last place is occupied by smartphones of Apple, iPhone 5s with 12.60 GB and iPhone 5s with 12.20 GB , respectively , but is located on the second Nexus 5 . After the first run it on the media remains free 12.28 GB. Only sold in the UK last year's smartphone from HTC with 16 GB module - One mini. In the new state it boasts 10.44 GB free and 6th place in the ranking of «Wich?».

It is worth mentioning the device took the last line chart . This Samsung Galaxy S IV with free 8.56 GB of 16 GB declared . However, the smart phone has a memory card slot that solves some of the problems.

But do not declare the missing space in the police , because the producers did not steal it. It is allocated to the operating system itself , the image for a full recovery , and more. Naturally, most of the space occupies OS , because in this case the files are stored in uncompressed form . Ie Galaxy S IV finished last in the first place because of a monstrously bloated branded envelope in which Samsung « shoved " a huge number of functions.

Race megapixel camera smartphone , new fashion for 4K- video and high-resolution displays , provoking game makers to improve the texture - it's all very soon lead to the fact that the volume of 16 GB is considered insufficient . Will the memory manufacturers to reduce prices for modules that users get more options for saving content?