Out of memory on your smartphone? Simple optimization tips

The cost of the older models of smartphones overstated. We all understand that the price difference between the 16 GB and 32+ GB models unreasonably large. We are talking about the iPhone, and all variety of representatives of the flagship Android. As a result, a person takes a younger model with 16 gigabytes of storage on board in the hope that this will be enough. But often the reality does not justify his expectations.

If you personally have no such problems, and you know how good optimize space on your device, you can safely skip the post itself and to share its practice in comments - in this article we will appeal to those who are not very friendly with the technique and does not have a clear idea of ​​the reasons for lack of space on your smartphone and how to deal with this problem.

That eats up memory on your smartphone

First you need to understand that the amount of memory in the device specified by the manufacturer - it is not the same as the user-accessible memory. That is, in practice, we are always available less memory than is written on the package, and this is true both for the iPhone, Android and for the family.

In both cases operating system the device takes about 2-3 GB of memory, and return them to the user it is impossible - this space is necessary to operate the device.

So when you look for a new smartphone, then consider this: 16 GB is actually approximately equal to 13 GB, and 32 GB - is at best a 29-30 GB.

In the future, the remaining amount of memory the user would encroach installed applications and games. Screens getting better, the picture should be all the better, the schedule still steeper - it seriously weigh down your application.

In addition, over time, the installed applications will get fat accumulating in the memory data cache - is all that remains in the device during the application and after it is closed. Any application that receives content from the web, save it on the device to more quickly provide the user. See YouTube - get cached video. Listen to music online - it is cached locally. Surf the Internet through Chrome - the visited pages are cached in the browser.

If you have an Android, and you find yourself in a situation where an urgent need to get a few hundred megabytes of space under a photo or video, then clear the cache data.

Settings -> Storage -> tap on the data cache.

You can also selectively clear the cache for individual applications.

Settings -> Applications -> tap the thick application -> Clear Cache.

In iOS such standard means, but there are third-party utilities.

Today, 1 GB for one game already seems quite acceptable. periodic cleaning games with a preliminary question to himself, "if I will still play in it?" help get rid of annoying and unwanted toys that continue to occupy a fair amount of memory. The same is true for any other application. I did not like the app? You do not plan to use it in the future? Remove it, do not just keep on device.

Downloadable music device user It is getting better. Some do not perceive 320 kbps mp3 and want only flac. These tracks take several times more space on the device.

Think about whether the headphones provide sufficient quality of sound you are using, so you feel the difference? Perhaps, mp3 medium quality would be enough?

If we are talking about Photo and video, It is still worse. In the current high-end smartphones put 8+ megapixel cameras, which are able to shoot FullHD video with a high frame rate and make a photo of a very large resolution. These photos and videos take up a lot of space. For example, 1 hour of video as 1080p may take on your Smartphone 10 gigabytes.

With video footage option is actually not. They need to periodically move from the mobile device to a computer for storage or placement on the video-hosting.

With photo storage can help mobile app Dropbox - there is a function of the automatic transfer of images from your device to the cloud.

And yet, the more technologically advanced are our mobile devices, the more space will be required for applications and content. Manufacturers understand this and often go to meet the user by embedding in smartphones and tablets slot removable memory card. Unfortunately, iPhone users, guglofonov and some other Android rulers deprived of such benefits. Google provides us to store all the data on the web.

This concept is supported by many developers - is now available to us hundreds of thematic online services that provide content in the form of streaming. They are complemented by dozens of cloud storage. In this case, the memory device will be considerably less clogged, but significantly increased requirements for quality and speed of the mobile Internet.

In general, the following simple tips to maintain order in the installed applications and "large" files will greatly facilitate the user's life. However, if you have your own tips to optimize your smartphone's storage, do not hesitate to share them in the comments.