Is it hype or just a norm with computers and the Razr is a computer. If the phone didn't partition the 8gb for OS and apps, then where would it go? My laptop has 8gb RAM but the first few gb is used by the windows software and apps, but I don't feel like I was cheated out of a couple gig of RAM.
Hardly the same, since we're not talking about RAM, but STORAGE. The OS has a dedicated 1 Gig of RAM in addition to the 16 Gig of STORAGE which is 1/2 BLOCKED. Get it?