typical file sizes? - iPhone 3G

lennyboss · 06-20-2007, 08:28 PM

hey guys, does anyone have a good idea how big the following files typically are?

- picture
- song (4 mins)
- movie (2 hrs)
- show (30 mins)

trying to decide between 4G and 8G.

thanks!

hmlaa · 06-20-2007, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lennyboss

hey guys, does anyone have a good idea how big the following files typically are?

- picture
- song (4 mins)
- movie (2 hrs)
- show (30 mins)

trying to decide between 4G and 8G.

thanks!

well a 4gb will hhold between 1000 and 2000 songs alone.....not sure about other things... best get a 8gb becausse its twice the memory for only 100 buckes more!

lennyboss · 06-20-2007, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by hmlaa

well a 4gb will hhold between 1000 and 2000 songs alone.....not sure about other things... best get a 8gb becausse its twice the memory for only 100 buckes more!

not a fan of that answer... anyone else?

Boyscout47 · 06-20-2007, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lennyboss

not a fan of that answer... anyone else?

Picture= 2mb
Song= 5mb
Movie= 1gb
TV Shows (30min)= 250mb

But all of that varies based on encoding and other factors. I think those numbers are fairly acurate for buying from iTunes.

lennyboss · 06-20-2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Boyscout47

Picture= 2mb
Song= 5mb
Movie= 1gb
TV Shows (30min)= 250mb

But all of that varies based on encoding and other factors. I think those numbers are fairly acurate for buying from iTunes.

thanks boyscout47!

hmlaa · 06-20-2007, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boyscout47

Picture= 2mb
Song= 5mb
Movie= 1gb
TV Shows (30min)= 250mb

But all of that varies based on encoding and other factors. I think those numbers are fairly acurate for buying from iTunes.

yes that sounds good

spacerog · 06-20-2007, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lennyboss

hey guys, does anyone have a good idea how big the following files typically are?

- picture
- song (4 mins)
- movie (2 hrs)
- show (30 mins)

trying to decide between 4G and 8G.

if you can afford it get the 8GB.

A lot will depend on how you encode the files. You can have a picture at 200K if you save it as a low quality jpeg. If you take the same picture as raw format right out of your camera it may be 5 or 10MB big. Same with MP3s a song encoded at 64 bit will be a hell of a lot smaller than one at 128bit.

- SR

TrippalHealicks · 06-20-2007, 09:04 PM

There is no definite answer that can be provided for this question. The # of factors involved in this, go far beyond whether or not the file is a "Song or Picture".

lennyboss · 06-20-2007, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TrippalHealicks

There is no definite answer that can be provided for this question. The # of factors involved in this, go far beyond whether or not the file is a "Song or Picture".

you are officially the most miserable person on this messageboard.

dirtyd · 06-20-2007, 09:08 PM

i'm not sure if this has been addressed, but does anyone know how much memory the OS and included apps are going to eat up? is it possible that a 4GB iphone would actually only have 3GB of storage?