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Storage space
When you get a new smartphone or computer, there's a certain amount of the storage space that you can't access that is reserved for the operating system, drivers and whatnot. A 16 gigabyte iPhone 5, for instance, actually has 13.8 GB of available storage.
But when Microsoft (MSFT) started putting Windows 8 on tablets last year, and the 64 GB Surface Pro only had 23 GB of usable space, Microsoft's storage space specifications became downright comedic.
- Last updated August 07 2013 10:33 AM ET
