Why do I as the user care about how much storage is physically on the system? Are they going to start counting the firmware storage on the WiFi chip next?
As the user I care about how much storage I can use, and how durable it is. If the storage is used by the OS it isn't helpful to me, other than the "runs iOS" feature point.
(This does get slightly complicated if the OS space changes with updates, what number is best to explain to the user in this case. It isn't entirely clear but I can ensure you that if an OS update takes 30GiB more space users aren't going to care that that storage is still in their phone)
> Why do I as the user care about how much storage is physically on the system? Are they going to start counting the firmware storage on the WiFi chip next?
Most Android phones use separate partitions for OS and user data so they could advertise how much user storage they are giving you (as they are very unlikely to re-partition during an update). However AFAIK all manufactures report the full storage size, not just user storage.
As the user I care about how much storage I can use, and how durable it is. If the storage is used by the OS it isn't helpful to me, other than the "runs iOS" feature point.
(This does get slightly complicated if the OS space changes with updates, what number is best to explain to the user in this case. It isn't entirely clear but I can ensure you that if an OS update takes 30GiB more space users aren't going to care that that storage is still in their phone)