iOS 10 may end storage woes of iPhone users

It looks like Apple’s iOS 10 for iPhone devices might save a few extra GBs of storage on the handset besides bringing other goodies the company touted at its recently-held developer conference WWDC 2016. This might be one of the biggest gifts from Apple for those who own a 16GB iPhone device.

According to a user on Reddit forum, the upgrade to iOS 10 increased the device’s available storage by up to a massive 8GB. The user’s 128GB iPhone 6s variant, which had 113GB as total storage capacity, after the upgrade increased to 121GB.


Other users on the forum thread confirmed the news and added that it works on iPhone devices with smaller storage capacities as well. While the 64GB iPhone variant showed 58.8GB as total available storage, the 16GB version showed up to 13.1GB available for users. Apple revealed nothing about this at the WWDC 2016 keynote event.

In case you missed it, not only will the iOS 10 save space on the mobile devices, the company’s upcoming macOS Sierra will also be cleaning the junk from the desktop and laptop devices saving some extra space.

Apple announced its iOS 10 at the WWDC 2016 conference last week. The tenth version of iOS is, according to Apple , the biggest release of iOS ever. It brings in a variety of new features and an overall improved user experience. Some of the features include redesigned lock screen, smarter keyboard, enhanced photos app, improved Apple Maps, redesigned Music app, voicemail transcription, and an overhauled Messages app. The Control Centre has also been redesigned along with better 3D Touch implementation on other apps.