If you have a 16g iPad. What does your capacity say in your settings?
Just curious cause mine says 14 available.
If you have a 32 g does it say 30?

I meant under capacity not available.
Thanks

I've got a 64GB iPad 2 and mines shows 59.1

Oh okay, I guess some space was used for other applications.
Thanks...

I, too, have a 16GB iPad and it also shows 14GB. That is normal for devices like this. You never get a full xxGB due to the way memory is calculated, space for iOS, etc. The really dumb part is there was actually a class action lawsuit a few years ago over this very topic and some companies had to pay out, I guess for false advertising of memory capacities. Whatever.

phxflyboy

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I have a 16 GB White iPad 2. Mine only shows 13.5 GB for Capacity. Where is my other 500 MB? Why am I more angry now? Crap.

Originally Posted by phxflyboy

I, too, have a 16GB iPad and it also shows 14GB. That is normal for devices like this. You never get a full xxGB due to the way memory is calculated, space for iOS, etc. The really dumb part is there was actually a class action lawsuit a few years ago over this very topic and some companies had to pay out, I guess for false advertising of memory capacities. Whatever.

phxflyboy

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I wonder: If the missing GBs are for firmware, shouldn't they be consistent across all models? Like if firmware takes up 2GB, shouldn't it be 2GB on a 16GB model, as well as a 64GB model? But that's not the case. So what's locking up the extra GBs on a 64GB model?

Perhaps different versions of iOS? Also, it's traditional to measure disk capacity in units of 1000 - so a 32 GB disc is 32,000,000,000 bytes. But computer memory (RAM) is measured in units of 1024 (2^10). So a 64 GB disc is often reported by the OS as having 64/1.024 GB. I'm not sure if this applies to the iPad because it has a solid-state flash disc, so it might well be (does anyone know?) that the 64 GB is really 64x1.024 GB in 'traditional' disc capacity - or something like that....it's too early in the morning and my brain has crashed...

Tim

Originally Posted by Tim SPRACKLEN

Perhaps different versions of iOS? Also, it's traditional to measure disk capacity in units of 1000 - so a 32 GB disc is 32,000,000,000 bytes. But computer memory (RAM) is measured in units of 1024 (2^10). So a 64 GB disc is often reported by the OS as having 64/1.024 GB. I'm not sure if this applies to the iPad because it has a solid-state flash disc, so it might well be (does anyone know?) that the 64 GB is really 64x1.024 GB in 'traditional' disc capacity - or something like that....it's too early in the morning and my brain has crashed...

Tim

I think you are on the right track. I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure the "missing" GB's are a combination of the data measurement methods and the iOS. That would probably explain the non-uniform occupied space between the different sized iPads.

phxflyboy

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Originally Posted by Tim SPRACKLEN

Perhaps different versions of iOS? Also, it's traditional to measure disk capacity in units of 1000 - so a 32 GB disc is 32,000,000,000 bytes. But computer memory (RAM) is measured in units of 1024 (2^10). So a 64 GB disc is often reported by the OS as having 64/1.024 GB. I'm not sure if this applies to the iPad because it has a solid-state flash disc, so it might well be (does anyone know?) that the 64 GB is really 64x1.024 GB in 'traditional' disc capacity - or something like that....it's too early in the morning and my brain has crashed...

Tim

Interesting, Tim. Thanks.