Iphone 5c only shows 5g available storage

Just got an iphone 5c, supposedly 8g phone from Verizon.  When I go in and check "about" it only shows that I have 5.4g capacity and 4g available.  Same with my wife's phone and we have not put anything on it yet.  When I check the "usage" it says 4g available and 1.3 used.  Did or do I really have an 8g phone?  I seem to be missing 3g somewhere-does the system usage not record in usage or capacity?
Thanks,
Glen

It's also in part due to how the iPhone reports its size. Any space used up by the OS and related apps is subtracted but not show as space used - for a computer, it would still show that space as being used.
So at least some of your space is the OS plus the built-in apps (my guess is around 2GB total, could be up to 3).
iOS subtracts that number from the capacity and shows you what's left as available for use (5.4). Mac OS will just show you how much space the computer's drive has in total, along with how much space is used and is free.
Does that make sense?
~Lyssa

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