* Posts by DoNotTouchMyHandle

1 publicly visible post • joined 6 Nov 2013

Google's Nexus 5: Best smartphone bang for your buck. There, we said it

DoNotTouchMyHandle

OS Size

Never actually wondered until now (don't know why): 5GB+ of OS? What the hell is in there? A huge driver DB to support all mobile hardware out there?

Checked my Samsung and JB is reporting apps separately from the OS size. The total space starts at 9.23GB for a 16GB model, even worse it seems.

Knowing that Android is based on SELinux, you can have full desktop / laptop OS installs under 5GB. So really, what adds up to this 5GB behemoth of compiled libraries and code?

Anyone?