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Samsung One UI on Galaxy S23 takes up 60GB of storage – 4x of Google’s Android and 2x of Windows 11
Samsung has recently announced the Galaxy S23 series and different facts are now started to appear. Consumers of the newly launched Galaxy S23 spotted that the system software (Android build) of Samsung takes up around 60GB of internal storage.
To be specified, Google’s latest Pixel 7 Pro uses around 15GB of storage for the operating system. As the Galaxy S23 uses 60GB of internal storage for system software, it’s the size of two Windows 11 installs, side by side. This indicates how incredibly the bloatware is eating your phone’s big storage portion.
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Esper’s senior technical editor Mishaal Rahman highlighted in a storage space survey that his Asus Zenfone 9 uses 22GB for the system in 256GB variant. Meanwhile, buyers of Galaxy S23 found that about 60GB of storage is already occupied by the Android build right out of the box.
There are two possible reasons:
- Samsung promotes its own non-Google ecosystem
- Samsung apps built with low-quality code
Due to Google’s policies, Samsung is required to install all necessary Google apps with the smartphone. However, the company is on a mission to build its own apps ecosystem, which results double variants of certain apps. Some examples are as follows:
- Google Play Store → Galaxy Store
- Google Chrome → Samsung Internet
- Google Photos → Samsung Gallery
- Google Assitant → Samsung Bixby
- Google Gmail → Samsung Email
- Google TV → Samsung TV Plus
- Gboard → Samsung Keyboard
Even though the Galaxy S23 series takes up 60GB of storage, it lacks the memory-hungry seamless Android updates feature, which is available on the Google Pixel 7 Pro at just 15GB memory consumption. It becomes worse when we get to know that it’s almost double of memory usage of Windows 11.
For your information, the same storage uses have been found on more Samsung devices such as the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S21, and the Galaxy Z Fold/Flip lineup. With future app updates and firmware installation, the storage use would increase gradually, making your phone’s storage lesser and lesser.
| ArsTechnica |