The Reader

Just for the record, 16 GB (decimal) is 14.9 GiB ("binary" gigabytes).

Does anyone know if flash memory is measured in decimal GB as hard-drives
are?

Otto

On 13 September 2010 12:40, 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?
>

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