Apple iPhone saying storage is full when my settings tell me otherwise

So first off, I own an Android as well. Remarks about how androids are better are unwanted because there are different things that I like about both. Moving along.

So my iPhone XS tells me that my storage is full(I can't take any pictures or videos, any screen recordings, or download apps). But you see, with a quick look in my settings, I find that I've only used 16/64gbs. So what's the deal? Is this a frequent issue among apple products? Is that just how it is?

Try checking the Recently Deleted album & clearing that out. Also could try offloading apps you don't use on a weekly basis.

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