How many songs does the 32GB iPhone 3GS hold?

AppleNewYork · Jul 13, 2009, 06:38 PM

Can someone tell me a number

Etnies419 · 09:13 PM

Assuming an average size MP3 file, that is encoded at around 160Kbps, and about 3.5 minutes long, the size will be around 4Mb. while this can't be true to 100% of your music, it's probably a fairly good average to consider, and at that rate, you can place about 8,000 songs on the 32Gb iPod.

AppleNewYork · Jul 13, 2009, 06:41 PM

80,000?

fireshot91 · Jul 13, 2009, 06:41 PM

That really matters on a number of factors, such as:

How long the songs are
The encoding of the song
The quality of the song

On average, it holds about 7,000 songs.

wordoflife · Jul 13, 2009, 06:42 PM

7000 songs*
25,000 Photos
40 hours of video

*Provided each song is 5 MB

DeusInvictus7 · Jul 13, 2009, 06:48 PM

It really depends on the encoding and the size of the songs. All my music is 256kbps AAC, and I can put 5500 songs on it roughly.

kas23 · Jul 13, 2009, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeusInvictus7

It really depends on the encoding and the size of the songs. All my music is 256kbps AAC, and I can put 5500 songs on it roughly.

This is pretty accurate. I have a 16 GB iPhone, 11.4 gigs of which are songs. About 80% of my music is 320 kbps, AAC and MPEG. I don't know the average length of my songs though. I have roughly 1500 songs. Triple this number = 4500 songs. So, for mp3s encoded in the best possible quality, about 4500-5500 songs on a 32 GB, depending also what other data/apps you have on your phone.

D3lta · Jul 13, 2009, 07:20 PM

It's hard to tell since it depends on multiple factors, like someone above said.

But I have 2,747 songs on my iPhone and they take up 14.13GB.

flurffmeister · Jul 13, 2009, 07:31 PM

The actual capacity is 29.33gb in the same measurement as your iTunes music. (the 32gb they call it on the box and the back of the iPhone is 32 billion bytes)

So, about 267 hours worth of music from iTunes plus (256kbit AAC). Assuming all songs are 4 minutes long (many are shorter), that's about 4,000 songs, worst case scenario. Unless you load it up with lossless compressed files, which can vary in size by quite a bit.

Michael CM1 · Jul 13, 2009, 07:44 PM

People really still want to know numbers of songs? Geez.

Most 128k-encoded songs take about 1MB per minute. Most 256k-encoded songs take about 2MB per minute. If you're asking such a question, you most likely have every single song in one of those bitrates. So as far as time, the ~28GB iPhone will hold about 28,000 minutes of 128k songs or 14,000 minutes of 256k songs. If you want to use a four-minute song average, I think that's 7,000 or 3,500 songs. My math may suck on that part.

mcdj · Jul 13, 2009, 07:46 PM

14 symphonies and 9 operas.

flurffmeister · Jul 13, 2009, 07:49 PM

over NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND!

michael.lauden · Jul 13, 2009, 07:52 PM

i'm pretty sure if you have a collection over 32GB, then you can pick and choose some music you will never listen to. and you could always make a smart 'shuffle' playlist that will pick songs not synced to your iPhone so you will always have something fresh if you SOMEHOW get bored.

but keeping in mind you will have around 250MB in the ipsw and no more than 2GB EVER in apps

that still leaves you with 30GB to fill. trust me, you will be more than fine - and this is coming from someone with an 80GB music collection with an 8GB iPhone

The General · Jul 13, 2009, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AppleNewYork

Can someone tell me a number

42*

*Provided each song is 780MB

Chundles · Jul 13, 2009, 08:31 PM

Just one. But it's a really long song.

uiop. · Jul 13, 2009, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AppleNewYork

Can someone tell me a number

How many do you want it to hold? If you have <32GB of music, then you're good.

SpaceKitty · Jul 13, 2009, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uiop.

How many do you want it to hold? If you have <32GB of music, then you're good.

Actually, <29.3 GB because that's how much actual space there is on the 32GB.

WPB2 · Jul 13, 2009, 08:46 PM

most of my songs are 256kbps, and most are about 8MB, so calculate that against available formated free space (29.3GB)=3362.5 songs. Of course thats all music, and no videos, or pictures, or apps

Hows that for a number.
I buy all my music from iTunes, or Amazon, so there all MPEG-4 with ACC codec.

uiop. · Jul 13, 2009, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpaceKitty

Actually, <29.3 GB because that's how much actual space there is on the 32GB.

Yup. And it would've confused 80% of the people if I said <29.3GB.

SpaceKitty · Jul 13, 2009, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uiop.

Yup. And it would've confused 80% of the people if I said <29.3GB.

Which would have been about 70% of the people on this forum

"Hey how come I only have 29.3GB when I bought a 32GB?"

flurffmeister · Jul 13, 2009, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpaceKitty

Which would have been about 70% of the people on this forum

"Hey how come I only have 29.3GB when I bought a 32GB?"

And that's only about 42% of the people that would say "hey, I bought a 1.5 TB hard drive!!!11!1 why is Windows saying it's only 1.36 TB?!?!?!!11!1"

QCassidy352 · Jul 14, 2009, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chundles

Just one. But it's a really long song.

can I have the name of that song?

-aggie- · Jul 14, 2009, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uiop.

How many do you want it to hold? If you have <32GB of music, then you're good.

My son would totally disagree with you. He has almost 80 GB. I don't know why he has so much music, since he obviously can never listen to all that. Kids.

John T · Jul 14, 2009, 08:35 AM

If you look on the Apple website, it states the following capacities for the iPod Touch (same as the iPhone);

8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive.
Holds up to 1,750, 3,500, or 7,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format (based on 4min per song)

Twe Foju · Jul 14, 2009, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flurffmeister

over NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND!

damn you beat me to it

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Etnies419 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2008	Assuming an average size MP3 file, that is encoded at around 160Kbps, and about 3.5 minutes long, the size will be around 4Mb. while this can't be true to 100% of your music, it's probably a fairly good average to consider, and at that rate, you can place about 8,000 songs on the 32Gb iPod. __________________ 32Gb iPhone 4 (Black); MacBook (Black), 2.4 GHz, 500Gb HDD, 2Gb RAM; 500Gb Time Capsule Follow me on Twitter Last edited by Etnies419; Jul 13, 2009 at 09:13 PM. Reason: Had an extra 0, giving 80,000.
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DeusInvictus7 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kitchener, Ontario	It really depends on the encoding and the size of the songs. All my music is 256kbps AAC, and I can put 5500 songs on it roughly. __________________ Nexus 4 - iPad mini - rMBP - TV - iPod Nano
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D3lta macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cupertino, California	It's hard to tell since it depends on multiple factors, like someone above said. But I have 2,747 songs on my iPhone and they take up 14.13GB. __________________ black & slate 64GB iPhone 5 on Verizon 4th gen iPad 16GB Wi-Fi 3rd gen iPad 16GB Wi-Fi + 4G LTE on Verizon 1st gen iPad 32GB Wi-Fi
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flurffmeister macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2008	The actual capacity is 29.33gb in the same measurement as your iTunes music. (the 32gb they call it on the box and the back of the iPhone is 32 billion bytes) So, about 267 hours worth of music from iTunes plus (256kbit AAC). Assuming all songs are 4 minutes long (many are shorter), that's about 4,000 songs, worst case scenario. Unless you load it up with lossless compressed files, which can vary in size by quite a bit. __________________ 64 gig The Formerly New iPad 3 HD 4G LTE™, 64 gig iPhone, NINTENDO SIXTY FOOOOOOOUR
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fireshot91 macrumors 601 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northern VA	That really matters on a number of factors, such as: How long the songs are The encoding of the song The quality of the song On average, it holds about 7,000 songs.
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wordoflife macrumors 604 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Republic City, URN.	7000 songs* 25,000 Photos 40 hours of video *Provided each song is 5 MB
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Michael CM1 macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2008	People really still want to know numbers of songs? Geez. Most 128k-encoded songs take about 1MB per minute. Most 256k-encoded songs take about 2MB per minute. If you're asking such a question, you most likely have every single song in one of those bitrates. So as far as time, the ~28GB iPhone will hold about 28,000 minutes of 128k songs or 14,000 minutes of 256k songs. If you want to use a four-minute song average, I think that's 7,000 or 3,500 songs. My math may suck on that part. __________________ 21.5" iMac 3.06 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD; iPhone 4S 16GB; third-gen iPad WiFi black 32 GB; third-gen TV
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mcdj macrumors 603 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC	14 symphonies and 9 operas. __________________ Posts with a 2 word subject line are rarely worth the click. ISOauto
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flurffmeister macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2008	over NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND! __________________ 64 gig The Formerly New iPad 3 HD 4G LTE™, 64 gig iPhone, NINTENDO SIXTY FOOOOOOOUR
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michael.lauden macrumors 68020 Join Date: Dec 2008	i'm pretty sure if you have a collection over 32GB, then you can pick and choose some music you will never listen to. and you could always make a smart 'shuffle' playlist that will pick songs not synced to your iPhone so you will always have something fresh if you SOMEHOW get bored. but keeping in mind you will have around 250MB in the ipsw and no more than 2GB EVER in apps that still leaves you with 30GB to fill. trust me, you will be more than fine - and this is coming from someone with an 80GB music collection with an 8GB iPhone
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Chundles macrumors G4 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Gong, Australia	Just one. But it's a really long song. __________________ This is going straight to the Pool Room
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WPB2 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Southeast, LA	most of my songs are 256kbps, and most are about 8MB, so calculate that against available formated free space (29.3GB)=3362.5 songs. Of course thats all music, and no videos, or pictures, or apps Hows that for a number. I buy all my music from iTunes, or Amazon, so there all MPEG-4 with ACC codec. __________________ http://web.me.com/williambuquoi Yeah I got a computer and some other shît.
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John T macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK.	If you look on the Apple website, it states the following capacities for the iPod Touch (same as the iPhone); 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive. Holds up to 1,750, 3,500, or 7,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format (based on 4min per song)
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