Why does it have 9.6G of (other) data on my iphone? Its such a waste and i don't know what it is?

Why does it have 9.6G of (other) data on my iphone? Its such a waste and i don't know what it is?

If you have a 16GB phone, then the operating system and preinstalled applications on the phone from the manufacturer will eat up some of that just to be able to run your phone. All phones are that way. It's the same way if you purchase a PC. Windows requires about 80GB on your hard drive just for the basic programs and operating system to run on.

You can't delete these programs as it would make your phone not work properly. A 16GB phone will typically only have 9 ~ 12GB of available space for music, video's and games. A 32GB phone will have about 21 ~ 24GB of usable space in comparison. But unfortunately a 32GB phone can cost quite a bit more. This is why Android owners gloat that they can often use a simple micro SD card to expand their storage up to 64GB for no more than $30.00 or so. IPhone owners don't have that luxury unfortunately. You would have to spend hundreds more on a new phone to get the same amount of storage.

Your only other option is to use cloud based storage if 9GB isn't enough for you. But it will eat up data if you are not on an unlimited data plan doing it that way.