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The difference between methods of measuring Gbs plus operating system size

Thanks Andrew Wood

Sent from my iPhone

On 13/09/2010, at 21:40, Alice <alicex@adventuresunderground.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have just received my new iPhone 4 and have notice that it displays a capacity of only 14.01GB instead of 16GB.
>
> I'm aware that hard drives 'round up' their capacity but I would have expected 15.34GB or something. 2GB less seems extreme on a 16GB HD.
>
> I've just checked my old 3G and, indeed, that displays 14.6 GB. That is still over half a GB better.
>
> Why such a large discrepancy?
>
> Alice
>

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