16GB Samsung Galaxy S4 Only Has 9GB Of Available Storage

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The Samsung Galaxy S4 started shipping to customers who preordered over this past weekend. If you ordered the 16GB model, don’t expect to store a bunch of stuff. Geek.com recently discovered that only 8.82GB of memory is available when you take the S4 out of its box.

That means 45% of the S4’s non-board storage is reserved for the Android OS and preinstalled apps you can’t remove. Luckily, you can insert an SD card slot for additional storage.