Restoring backup in itunes fails- not enough space

After upgrading ios on my iphone 4s all contacts lost. Tried restoring from itunes only to get message "Can't restore...not enough space on iphone" when there is plenty. Have taken screen shot. Help. Spent several hours trying to find support for this. I'm new to communities so patience please.
This has really put me off switching to the Apple environment which I was considering doing. Think I'll go down the Google/Android/Samsung product route.

nutdrum wrote:
This has really put me off switching to the Apple environment which I was considering doing. Think I'll go down the Google/Android/Samsung product route.
Thanks for letting us know.
Good luck!

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Hi ew11131,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this.
Click on the link to see more details and screenshots.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1867
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