Questions about memory partitioning/unified memory, can I get some help?

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question about memory partitioning/unified memory

hi wondering if anyone can help with a pretty noobish question.
I have an ee kestrel (huawei g535 l-11) and also a huawei ascend p6
been using the kestrel as a temp replacement whilst I had to send away the p6 for repair. anyway so it has 8gb memory, that's what the phone advertises but now i'm finding out it only actually has 2gb of storage for apps the rest is just for music etc pretty pointless when i could just put all music photos etc on a sd card but whatever.
Now i'm looking at getting a new phone (huawei p8 lite to name one of my options) my only issue is that all i can seem to find being advertised is the total memory of the phone and no representation of how much of that memory can actually be used for storing apps.
it's unfortunate the the kestrel doesn't allow you to move apps to an sd card therefore making it more frustrating. I think some phones you can do this.

Either way before I invest in a new phone I would like to know how much of the total memory is actually available for app storage. it's all very well to fork out on a 32gb phone but no use if i'm still stuck with only 2gb of app space. Is it possible to find out this information?

hope someone out there can shed some light. and again apologies if this has been asked before.

 

[LeoRex]

Re: question about memory partitioning/unified memory

You bring up a point that is actually a sore spot.... OEMs always publish the total memory on a phone, but none of them publish the USABLE space. I think there was a class action lawsuit against Apple at one point regarding this.

Unfortunately, there is really no source out there that will list exactly how much usable space you will have. The only option you have is to read reviews and check out device forums.