上图为苹果、三星等16G智能手机可用存储空间的对比图。

    市面上任何一款容量为16GB的智能手机都不可能提供实打实的16GB存储空间，不过某些手机的容量的确要比同类大一些。

    Which是一家位于英国的数码产品测评网站，它最近撰文详细对比了8款智能手机的存储空间，结果显示苹果（Apple）iPhone 5C的可用空间最大，为12.6 GB（79%）。

    三星（Samsung）Galaxy S4位居倒数第一，只有8.56 GB剩余空间（53.5%）。

    剩下的46.5%去哪了？Which网站的约翰•巴罗的答案如下：

    “手机厂商们喜欢玩搭售，他们给手机预装上了各种应用、皮肤以及垃圾软件。而三星Galaxy S4无疑是其中的佼佼者。”

    “虽然S4运行的是Android系统，但三星的Touchwiz界面对整个系统进行了深度定制。三星加入了大量自家独有的功能，虽然它们看起来很棒，也颇能吸引眼球，但说实话大多数几乎毫无用处。例如所谓的眼球控制技术听起来很酷——播放视频时，如果用户目光离开屏幕，视频就会暂停，但实际体验非常差劲，不过是在白白浪费电池，默默吞噬内存空间。”

    不过三星的Galaxy手机可以通过Micro SD卡扩充存储空间。iPhone则不具备这一能力，买的时候存储空间是多大，最后就是多大。（财富中文网）

    译者：项航

    What's eating the gigabytes in Samsung's 16 GB Galaxy S4?

    By Philip Elmer-DeWitt January 23, 2014: 2:24 PM ET

    You get 47% more usable storage on a comparable Apple iPhone 5C, a new study shows.

    No 16 GB smartphone on the market actually delivers 16 GB of usable storage, but some come closer than others.

    Of the eight models evaluated by the British product-testing charity Which?, Apple (AAPL)'s iPhone 5C scored the highest with 12.6 GB (79%) of free memory.

    The worst: Samsung's Galaxy S4, with only 8.56 GB (53.5%).

    Where did the other 46.5% go? Which?'s John Barrow thinks he knows:

    "Many manufacturers further stuff their phone with pre-loaded apps, skins and bloatware. And no phone has more piping, braiding and frills than the Samsung Galaxy S4.

    "Running on Android, Samsung has heavily customised the S4 with their Touchwiz interface. This includes many of Samsung's own features but, while it looks pretty and grabs headlines, most of the stuff is next to useless. Eye tracking technology that pauses video when you look away from the screen sounds attractive but in reality it works badly, gulps down your battery and monopolises your internal storage."

    On the plus side for Samsung, the Galaxy comes with a Micro SD slot for adding more memory as needed. The iPhone does not; with Apple, what you buy is what you get.