Bought an Ipad Air 4th gen (A1475)-It says the capacity is 11.6 GB. Is that possible?

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I am new here, I have never owned an Ipad in my life. I recently bought an Ipad Air with a shattered screen, which I plan to repair. However when I went to settings/general I saw the memory capacity is 11.6 GB. I know its authentic, because although I have never owned and Ipad I can tell a knock of from and original, also I am using Icloud and iTunes store which backs up my hunch. However, I was aware that the iPad Air 4th gen (A1475) came with a minum storage capacity of 16 GB's not 11.6 GB. Could if be that the this a model from a different country? Defective? Any answers would be greatly appreciated.
 
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winterMute84 said:
I am new here, I have never owned an Ipad in my life. I recently bought an Ipad Air with a shattered screen, which I plan to repair. However when I went to settings/general I saw the memory capacity is 11.6 GB. I know its authentic, because although I have never owned and Ipad I can tell a knock of from and original, also I am using Icloud and iTunes store which backs up my hunch. However, I was aware that the iPad Air 4th gen (A1475) came with a minum storage capacity of 16 GB's not 11.6 GB. Could if be that the this a model from a different country? Defective? Any answers would be greatly appreciated.
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That's what's left after iOS is taken into account. The full capacity is in fact 16 GB, but because iOS takes up a bit of that and you can't do without iOS, they just report what's left as the actual capacity. My wife's iPhone, for example, is a 32 GB model, but iOS reports the capacity as 26.8 GB.
 
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I had a suspicion it was that, I just forgot that the OS takes up so much space.
Thanks for your answer.
 
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Yeah this is pretty much why I went for the 64gb iPad air 2. Honestly 16gb is not enough for me and I find that 64gb is plenty of space.
 
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Yeah this is pretty much why I went for the 64gb iPad air 2. Honestly 16gb is not enough for me and I find that 64gb is plenty of space.
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Same here - replaced my old 32 GB iPad 2 w/ a new 64 GB iPad Air 2 in early December - I would strongly discourage anyone buying a new iPad to pick a 16 GB model, just a poor choice these days - but hey just my 2 cents. Dave :)
 

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