Brand new iPad mini 2 32 gig , only 22.3 GB available memory. Is this normal?

Hi , yesterday I bought from John Lewis an iPad Mini 2 with 32 GD.
All I have doe with it is look at a couple of internet pages. I was very surprised to see in the settings / general that the available space is 22.3 GB from a capacity of 27.4 GB .... how can this be ?
The iPad came with 7.1.2 installed, and I have left that on.
How can there only be 22.3GB available ... that would suggest someone who bought a 16 GB, would only have 6.2GB available.
Could someone please explain ? I get the 27.4GB capacity (I assume 4.6GB used for the OS .... but 22.3 available ?

This lack of memory on a brand new device suggests that the iOS 8 update was automatically pushed to your device. This will happen if your device is connected to a valid Wi-Fi connection, is plugged in to the charger or a live PC and there is ample storage space on the device to hold the update. Apple seems to think that users want this huge update auto-pushed to them...I don't think this is the case at all.
Check to see if the auto-pushed iOS 8 update has indeed been installed: Settings/General/Usage. Wait for the list to populate fully and check for an iOS 8 update near the top of the list (largest app are listed at the top). You can delete this update as you can with any other app from the list. Tap on it, then tap the Delete button.

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