After defending its decision to ship Galaxy S4 to ship 16GB Galaxy S4 with only 8.82GB available, Samsung is now looking for a solution to the problem.

According to a report by CNET UK, Samsung has said that it would try to free up some space by optimising system apps.

"We appreciate this issue being raised and we will improve our communications," a Samsung spokesperson told the publication. "Also, we are reviewing the possibility to secure more memory space through further software optimisation."

As we had earlier reported that the Samsung Galaxy S4's 16GB version offers only 8.82GB of internal storage space. There's been a lot of outrage on the inter webs surrounding the same as it limits the storage capacity for user's own content and BBC's consumer issues focused show Watchdog had also taken up the issue. 

Samsung had issued a statement at that time saying that the system software occupies about 6.85GB of the Galaxy S4's 16 GB storage, which is 1GB more than that of the system software found in the Galaxy S III, due to its high resolution display and more powerful features. It had also added that it was offering a microSD card slot to extend the memory to overcome the limitation.

While the phone does offer a memory card slot, it's worth noting that one can't install apps on the Galaxy S4's memory card and can only use it for storing media such as movies, music and pictures. Of course there are work arounds like rooting your phone to overcome this but then you'd be voiding your warranty.

It's understandable that the system software does take some space, but leaving just about 50percent of the phone's listed storage space is certainly not acceptable. Samsung should perhaps let users choose whether they want to install apps like the one used for translation or for jotting down notes or allow them to delete pre-bundled apps.

Samsung will look into a way to give Samsung Galaxy S4 more storage for apps and games on their new device after a BBC report on the phone.

Samsung Galaxy S4 appeared on the BBC’s Watchdog program where the show talked about the limited storage space users have with the 16GB model of the Galaxy S4. In a statement regarding the issue Samsung said it is “reviewing the possibility to secure more memory space through further software optimisation.”

The 16GB model of the Samsung Galaxy S4 only gives users access to about 9GB of storage space according to the BBC report, though carrier-branded models in the U.S. may have less user-accessible storage. Previously Samsung said it needed that space to pack in all the new features of the flagship phone.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 does have a microSD card slot so users can store their music, videos and photos on a microSD card, but that doesn’t solve the problem for many users.

Users can only store apps on the internal storage of the phone, and some of those apps are fairly large. Just a few graphically intense games like Real Racing 3 and ShadowGun can easily eat up storage on the phone. Other apps like Twitter clients and the Kindle app don’t take up as much room, but a lot of small apps can add up quickly.

There is a 32GB model of the Galaxy S4, but AT&T is the only U.S. carrier that offers the phone. Samsung also announced a 64GB model of the phone, but that model is so hard to find it’s almost a myth.

At Google I/O, Google announced the Samsung Galaxy S4 Nexus Edition (or Google Edition). The phone still has 16GB of storage, but runs stock Android 4.2 Jelly Bean which means it should have fewer useless features that just take up space. Perhaps that model will offer users more storage space when it comes out in June.