512gb Variant Using 50gb For System?

[AceLuceroTech]

Upon initial setup (unlocked variant) I noticed that 50gb of storage was used for the system. Is this normal? Does this have to do with the way the storage is formatted? Thanks

 

[djrakowski]

I'm using an unlocked 512 GB on T-Mobile, and it applied the August security patch after booting to the homescreen for the first time. It reports 46.3 GB used as "system memory."

 

[AceLuceroTech]

Really? I wonder why?

 

[djrakowski]

Really? I wonder why?

Me too. It seems excessive to say the least. How much is consumed by system on the 128 GB variants?

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

Same here

 

[dpham00]

512GB = 477 GiB.

That's with absolutely nothing on the drive. The system partition is usually 10-15gb.so what you guys are saying makes perfect sense.

 

[dpham00]

Really? I wonder why?

Well Samsung decided to incorporate GB to GiB conversion into system

 

[felloffthetruck]

Yea, what gives with this? 50GB is insane.

What is used on the 128GB model?

 

[dpham00]

Yea, what gives with this? 50GB is insane.

What is used on the 128GB model?

Probably around 20gb



And if there's ever a 4tb version then system will show around 300gb system.

 

[dpham00]

Explanation of GiB and GB

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte

 

[stackberry369]

Me too. It seems excessive to say the least. How much is consumed by system on the 128 GB variants?

Why didn't Samsung just add 50 more GB to make up for the OS?

 

[rushmore]

Folks, almost 9% of storage is formatting. Same for any storage. The bigger the storage, the bigger the allocation.

Factor in the OS and space reserved for operation, that fitty gigs seems about right. Yes, I typed "fitty".

 

[dpham00]

Why didn't Samsung just add 50 more GB to make up for the OS?

Like it or not, it is industry standard. Whether you go to lg or Apple, they all do this.

 

[stackberry369]

Like it or not, it is industry standard. Whether you go to lg or Apple, they all do this.

Why advertise it as 128 and 512 then?

 

[felloffthetruck]

Same stuff on both 128 & 512, don't understand why 20GB vs 50GB on the 512?

 

[boltsbearsjosh]

Why advertise it as 128 and 512 then?

Same reason they advertise 16 gig 32 gig and 64 gig as such. This is nothing new

 

[dpham00]

Why advertise it as 128 and 512 then?

Because they can. Sure they can do the right thing but that would put them at a disadvantage with Apple, lg, Google, and all smartphone makers,who all do the same deceptive practice.

Of course if everyone stops buying smartphones and let the manufacturers know this then I guarantee that things will change. But that ain't going to happen. Sure people will complain, but 99.9% will buy anyway so Samsung doesn't care.

I mean relatively it's a small issue. Consider that Verizon actively and heavily throttles firefighters who are risking their lives fighting major fire... And refused at first to lift the throttle despite it being against human decency not to mention the law. They did lift it after firefighter changed plan. How many people will leave Verizon because of this?

 

[Almeuit]

Why advertise it as 128 and 512 then?

This is normal for hard drives in general. Not just smartphones. Buy a 512 GB hard drive for your PC ... You won't get 512.

 

[stackberry369]

This is normal for hard drives in general. Not just smartphones. Buy a 512 GB hard drive for your PC ... You won't get 512.

Well, you should get the advertised amount

 

[Almeuit]

Well, you should get the advertised amount

Well, sorry -- that hasn't been that way with computers for a long time due to formatting + system. Nothing new at all.