If you have bought any of the Samsung Galaxy S23 models, you will probably have been surprised to see the free storage, especially if you have the 128 GB version. reports recent ensure that the version of Android 13 that comes with these terminals takes up to 60 GB of internal storagesomething that we have been able to verify first-hand.
The owners of the new family of the Samsung Galaxy S23 have already started talking about the problem on social networks. This it’s especially worrisome for those who own the base 128GB model, since the system alone already occupies almost half of the internal memory of the terminal. In our case, we have tested with the 512 GB storage model, and the space occupied by the system is 57 GB.
The difference with other terminals and the Samsung Galaxy S23 is dramatic. On the Google Pixel 7, for example, Android 13 barely occupies 15 GB internal storage. In fact, even the operating system on my computer—Windows 11—occupies half of Samsung’s system.
The worst part is that this high consumption is not tied to any specific operator. Users across the globe are reporting similar metrics in the available storage viewer. A rather outlier and a rare slip up even for a company like Samsung.
Samsung is to blame for the excessive use of the storage of its Galaxy S23
Whose fault is it? Well, apparently, from Samsung itself. The reason behind this disproportionate number could be in the amount of bloatware which includes the Samsung Galaxy S23 family. In addition, the Korean company’s mobiles not only contain apps that make up the Google ecosystem, but also include applications from their own ecosystem in an attempt to compete with Google and Apple.
On the other hand, Samsung is usually one of the companies that sells the space of its devices to third parties. That is, companies like Facebook can buy a slot between the apps that are installed by default, which ends up turning it into an application that you cannot uninstall, even if you never use it.
This is not just a storage-level problem, but also at the level of privacy. An app as data-hungry as Facebook will not pass up the opportunity to collect user information, even if the user does not use it. Being part of the Android 13 system memory on Samsung could grant you permissions to bypass privacy settings.
The system partition on the Samsung Galaxy S23 will probably grow in the future. With each update, the number usually increases, and this new family still has several years to go. For this, If you are thinking of getting one, avoid the 128 GB one. Even if you’re not one to take a lot of photos, you could find yourself in a bind in a couple of months.