My samsuck phone has 16 gigabytes of storage supposedly. Storage is what holds the operating system, optional applications photos, videos, and often a great clutter of unwanted applications which constantly generate more clutter in their "cache" files. Telecoms justify this arrangement by the application clutter critics call "bloatware" paying to subsidize the full cost of the phone so it can be afforded by lower income consumers.
Unfortunately for the average consumer it isn't clear how much or how little of the stated STORAGE SIZE is actually free for them to use as they please : Add other applications such as two music radios at one time, a photo album or a business app. Or use for their videos.
So in my case the advertised 16 gigs actually works out to ONLY 2 gigabytes of flexible storage space! The other 9/10ths of the "storage" drive is bloated with the PRIORITIES OF THE TELECOM AND SAMSUCK for whom the phone is also an advertising revenue vehicle.
So stated "STORAGE" on smartphones is similar to over the air TV's "Free programming" with 5 minute program segments interrupted by ten minute strings of commercials for testosterone & Medicare.
THE FTC NEEDS TO FORCE PHONE MAKERS AND TELECOMS TO CLEARLY STATE THE NET AMOUNT OF FREE / EMPTY STORAGE SPACE AVAILABLE ON EACH DEVICE NOT THE GROSS AMOUNT which is deliberately misleading !
Another big reason this consumer deception matters is that it CONTRIBUTES MASSIVELY TO E-WASTE because consumers who buy these throwaway type phones could be buying phones that last longer and can be up graded or easily recycled conserving the world's LITHIUM BATTERY SUPPLY NOW GOING INTO THE TRASH !!
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