Galaxy Note 9 storage: How much of the 128GB is available for use?

Final updated: August 17th, 2018 at xiv:45 UTC+01:00

When it comes to storage capacity, the Galaxy Annotation 9 is special because it has 128GB of storage on the base model. But anyone who has used electronic devices probably knows that the bodily usable storage capacity of a disk is e'er a chip less than the rated – or raw – capacity. And then how much usable capacity does the Galaxy Annotation ix offering? Well, for the 128GB version, around 111GB is available out of the box.

Nearly 110GB usable storage on the 128GB Galaxy Note 9

Pre-installed apps have upward around 1GB, along with a few megabytes of data such equally pictures and audio files. xvi.8GB of the full 128GB is assigned to the system and is inaccessible by the consumer (unless they root the device, which nosotros don't endorse). All of that leaves around 109GB of usable storage for the user (the screenshot beneath says 107GB, but that'due south because we had already restored some of our existing data using Samsung Smart Switch). 109GB is nonetheless enough of storage for the average user, and the microSD slot will ensure most folks are never left wanting for space on the Milky way Annotation 9.

We're non sure almost the usable space on the 512GB model. But fifty-fifty if you took abroad 50GB, you volition have upwards of 400GB available for personal use. That's a lot whatsoever way yous wait at it, and thanks to the microSD slot, you are looking at nearly 1TB of storage if you take the coin to purchase a 512GB card.