New iphone 4s says i have 700mb left?

New iphone 4s says i have 700mb left?

Added (1). i have an 8gb iphone 4s, barely any apps that should take a alot of space except for spotify which in all fairness takes 900mb due to content, i have no photos, no music, barely any contacts, so why do i only have 700mb left? I'm really annoyed! My other phones didn't have this problem
also why does it say IOS8 taking up 2.7gb if i still have ios 7?

any answer that would help be greatly appreciated, thanks!

I see these questions posted here all the time and the questions are needlessly complicated because the writers don't specify how iTunes says The memory is being used. ITunes will tell you that.

It may be that you've let "other" take up too much space.

Maybe your iPhone isn't set for manual management - iTunes May then block as much room on the phone as needed to hold everything on iTunes.

Photos and music wouldn't take up that space unless you had tons of either. But you didn't say anything about apps or video.

You'd need 2.7gb of empty space just to install iOS8 is why. It shrinks backs. After install but it needs that much room to 'set up shop' inside. Yes, most iPhone users are having to uninstall stuff just to update and then put it all back. Perfectly normal. I've had to do 3 and one more to go. See the link. Best luck.
http://mashable.com/2013/09/25/increase-phone-storage-space/