There's been a little controversy lately about the system files taking up a lot of storage on the Samsung Galaxy S23. But it's really not as bad as you think.
During its Galaxy Unpacked February 2023 event, Samsung revealed the next generation of Galaxy phones that make up the S23 lineup: the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. These phones are packed with the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy chip from Qualcomm and have up to 12GB RAM and 1TB storage, a massive 200MP main camera on the Ultra, and plenty of other powerful features.
And believe it or not, while we are all familiar with gigabytes , there is another form of data measurement that is similar but different: gibibytes . While one GB is 1000³ bytes, a single GiB is 1024³ bytes. Essentially, one GB is 0.93 GiB. Hopefully, Samsung does issue an update in the near future to address this issue, because, in reality, it should only be taking up 20GB and 25GB, which is a much more realistic number.
Finally, Samsung promises to support the Galaxy S23 series with four years of Android updates, plus five years of security updates. In order for Samsung to get those upgrades and updates to the device, it requires storage, which it is reserving for this purpose in the future. For example, my 128GB Google Pixel 7 has about 14GB of system files, which means I only really have 114GB of space for photos, apps, and other files. My Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 has 128GB advertised storage, but there is almost 24GB taken up by system files, leaving me with 104GB of real storage.
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