Hi chermeen, I can't explain the difference in storage space and space available. One thing which would most likely fix this might be to set up the phone as a new phone and start over downloading your apps and so on. Of course you would want to make sure you save any pictures you may have first.
As for the 6S I can say that it's definitely noticeable faster than my old 5S, probably you would notice a bit of a different compared to a 6, but possibly not with all things. As for backing up, you will get the most complete backup if you do an encrypted backup in iTunes, you should definitely get backups of your text messages and voice mails. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shermeen Khan Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 7:49 AM To: viphone <[email protected]> Subject: Storage issues, upgrading, and voice memo transfers Hi all, The requisite apologies in advance for only blasting on in here when I need something, and also for asking questions that have likely been asked. 1. I am currently using an IPhone 6 with 16 gb of storage. That said, I seem to be getting frequent messages telling me that I'm running out of disk space. When I check my storage stats, however, I am told that I am using 10.9 gb, and that I have 761 mb available. Math has never been my strong point, but that doesn't total 16 gb. I know that the software on the phone takes up a certain amount of space, but does it account for the discrepancy here? 2. In light of my storage issues and for a few other reasons, I am considering switching to an IPhone 6S plus 64 GB (despite the preposterous price tag). I am wondering if people who have had experience with both the 6 and 6S models have noticed any discernable difference, aside from the 3d touch options i.e. improvement in battery life, faster VO response, less sluggishness, speaker quality, etc.? 3. Last question. When I was switching from the IPhone 5 to the 6, I backed everything up on the cloud, but for the life of me could not get my voice memos to transfer. I e-mailed some of them to myself, although there didn't appear to be a way to have them become voice memos again on the new phone--they were simply opened as attachments, but I was never given the option of retaining them on the new device and storing them as voice memos in the voice memos app. Any idea as to how to best transfer voice memos and keep them as such on the new device if I do take the plunge? Thanks in advance for answering my questions. Shermeen -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
