Does One UI 5.1 Bloatware Consume 60 GB Storage on Samsung Galaxy S23 Series? Clearing Up the Confusion

The Samsung Galaxy S23 series was introduced at the Unpacked event held on February 1st. Along with the company’s new phones, the highly anticipated interface, One UI 5.1, also made its debut. However, the latest information about this interface has surprised everyone. It is claimed that One UI 5.1 uses 60 GB of storage on the system partitions due to bloatware. Are these claims true? Here are the details…

One UI 5.1 bloatware is not consuming 60 GB storage on new Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus or Galaxy S23 Ultra

Recently, there have been reports claiming that the One UI 5.1 software on the new Samsung Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra uses 60 GB of storage on the system partitions due to bloatware. However, these claims are false. So, what are system partitions?

Android OEMs typically reserve some storage space for system apps, which cannot be removed by the user. This varies from device to device. In the case of the Galaxy S23 series, the storage reserved for system partitions is not as high as 60 GB. For example, a 128 GB Galaxy S22 Ultra reserves only 26.09 GB for the system, and a 512 GB Galaxy S23 Ultra uses 55.23 GB.

It’s worth noting that the storage capacity reported by Android devices is often converted from GiB to GB, and this conversion can result in some losses. For example, a device advertised with 512 GB of storage might actually have closer to 476 GB of usable space. One UI 5.1 reports these conversion losses under “system”, which has led to some confusion about the amount of storage space consumed by the software.

So, the reports of 60 GB of bloatware on the Galaxy S23 series are not accurate. The amount of storage reserved for system partitions is reasonable, and the apparent high storage usage is due to conversion losses and labeling under “system”. Samsung has not misled consumers about the storage available on the devices.

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