Why android tablet showing incorrect internal storage ?

[Aung Thu Htun]

After 3 days of using my new Chinese tablet, I found the internal storage size is cheated.
System shows 64GB storage, but when I keep 13GB of my files in it, system storage shows almost FULL.
I've tested TWICE, I'm sure the internal storage size is not 64GB as shown in system, it's about 16GB actual size.
Well, legally the system shows 64GB, so the seller may win the dispute.

The truth is even 16GB cannot be stored. It can be called "smart cheating", cheating is cheating however smart it it.

 

[Mr Mendelli]

After 3 days of using my new Chinese tablet, I found the internal storage size is cheated.
System shows 64GB storage, but when I keep 13GB of my files in it, system storage shows almost FULL.
I've tested TWICE, I'm sure the internal storage size is not 64GB as shown in system, it's about 16GB actual size.
Well, legally the system shows 64GB, so the seller may win the dispute.

The truth is even 16GB cannot be stored. It can be called "smart cheating", cheating is cheating however smart it it.

They likely spoofed the actual disk space. The online market for storage devices, like flash drives, have a high counterfeit rate. Often times sellers will market fake disks with a "high" capacity for cheap to lure in buyers. This is why I only buy from sellers with 100% positive feedback on eBay, or the official manufacturer. If you got it from eBay, you can open a case to get your money back. In cases like this, the buyer almost always wins because of the high counterfeit rate for these items. I haven't lost a case yet for a bogus item.

 

[Matty]

Hey @Aung Thu Htun , sorry to hear about your tablet. This sort of thing is quite common with flash drives as well. Normally get advertised as 32 or 64gb and inside is actually 16gb or less. Atleast the tablet is working fine. Can you insert a MicroSD card? That will help improve the storage capacity.

Always make sure when purchasing a product online that it's coming from a reliable source and if the price is too good to be true, then it probably is.

13gb of space is about normal for a 16gb storage size. You will never get the full capacity of storage since its calculated on 1000 mb x 16 instead of 1024 x 16.