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Missing 3Gb?

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I recently purchased a 16Gb 4S. When I connected to iTunes it shows that, before apps, other, etc. that I only have 13Gb available. Does iOS5 take up 3Gb?
 

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My iPhone 4 16gb shows that it has 13.7 free before anything else with iOS 5 installed. Of course some may be different from others depending on how the memory formatted. May be a different brand of memory from the 4 to 4s but I wouldn't think that it would be that different. I also don't have siri though so that may be some of the difference as well.
 

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The main reason as to why I was so concerned is that this is my first Apple product and had never had to use iTunes. I have a lot of music in WMA format. When I imported this to iTunes it HAD to convert it to mp3. The issue is that a 2mb WMA file converts to an almost 6mb mp3 file; I basically am tripling the amount of space needed for the same quality of song.
 

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