Unbelievable! One UI 5.1 On Galaxy S23 Takes Up 60GB Of Memory Space, Twice As Heavy As Windows 11

While smartphones are advertised as having increasingly higher storage capacities, many new buyers are shocked to find that a significant portion of the internal memory is already being used by the operating system itself.

This is especially true for the Galaxy S23, when with the new OneUI 5.1 version, it has consumed 60GB of internal storage space in this smartphone. This is four times the consumption of the original version of Android on the Pixel 7 and about twice the storage capacity of Windows 11 on the PC.

Samsung officially launched the Galaxy S23 lineup last week. The storage capacity of each version will be from 128GB to 1TB, but Ars Technica recently reported that 60GB of storage on the Galaxy S23 is used for the system partition right from the factory. That's a huge number, especially for those buying the 128GB version.

For comparison, the stock version of Android 13 used in the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro only takes up 15GB of internal storage. But the Galaxy S23, which runs on Samsung's custom One UI 5.1 skin on top of Android 13, has bloatware built in.

A lot of unnecessary apps pre-installed in One UI 5.1 like browser, app store, messaging app, keyboard, etc. come with unnecessary features that make it take up 60 GB of space.

Below, in descending order, is a list of how much storage the operating system takes up on smartphones for your comparison:

• Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra: 58GB
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4: 34.81GB
• Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: 34.14GB
• Samsung Galaxy A52s: 25.86GB
• OnePlus 10: 20.6GB
• Google Pixel 7: 19GB
• Google Pixel 7 Pro: 18GB
• OnePlus 9: 17.1GB
• POCO X5 Pro: 11.02GB
• iPhone 14 Pro: 9.62GB