What is the "other" portion of my storage shown in iTunes?

So I want to download some stuff but the problem is I don't have ANY space left on my phone. The majority of this is apps, but I also have 1.53 GB of "other" storage. Now what is this "other" portion? 1.53 GB is a lot and I want to cut that down to 0 or very close to that if possible. I can't even download the new software update because of this.

It is normal to have a gb or two of "other".
"Other" is everything not included in the named categories.
A restore (first from backup, then as new if needed) should help if you have any corrupt files, but it seems like you have a normal amount of "other".

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