The Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra They are official since last week. They are already reaching the first lucky ones who can afford to pay the cost of the premium range. Precisely for this reason, a controversy over the amount of bloatware pre-installed in the new flagships of the Korean firm.
Some media began to echo that these models they lost 60GB of their internal memory due to pre-installed apps, commonly called as bloatware. Well, after analyzing the data, it has been proven that this was false.
Samsung likes bloatware, but not that much
As we have commented, various media reported that the new Galaxy S23 began its journey with 60 GB less internal storage, due to One UI 5.1. The installation sizes of One UI 5.1 were compared with Windows 11 and the purest and lightest version of Android 13, where the Samsung layer was missing. The attribution of the 60 GB consumption was blamed on the bloatware that the firm usually incorporates into its phones.
Samsung tends to replicate all the services that Google provides, with its own tools and solutions. That results in duplicate apps. If this were true, as it was supposed to be, the 128GB models would see their storage nearly cut in half.
However, this has not turned out to be true. As shown, on the 128 GB version of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, the “System” part occupies up to 26.09 GB. On the 512 GB model, this amount increases to 55.23 GB. The Samsung expert website, SamMobile It acknowledges that the new layer takes up more on larger phones, but that this varies depending on the region.
Screenshots from NotebookCheck.net
As user Golden_Reviewer comments on Twitter, One UI 5.1 has memory leaks when converting storage. That is, it treats the 1,000 bytes as 1 KB instead of 10.24 bytes as it really is. This makes the 512 GB model actually 476 GB usable. In the same way, a 128 GB Galaxy S23 offers the user a usable 119 GB. From there came the amounts so exaggerated that they made headlines in some media.
I loved some good articles in ArsTechnica but this article is apparently written by someone lacking the most basic computer knowledge.
Conclusion first: No, Galaxy S23 OS does not use 60GB of storage, no where near that number. https://t.co/U7nUVoqgXO—Golden Reviewer (@Golden_Reviewer) February 7, 2023
For his part, Samsung has not responded why label these memory leaks in the “System” section. This fact caused confusion among journalists and writers in the sector, such as Ars Technica who understood that Samsung incorporated a huge number of unnecessary applications.
Via | Android Authority