File size of songs on iPhone?

[nashmills]

I'm trying to find out what capacity iPhone I would need to accommodate all my music. I am happy for it to be downgraded to 128 kbps for use on the device.

I have just synced a couple of albums to my iPad with "Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC" selected. Is there any way I can see the new file sizes to compare them with the originals?

 

[OllyW]

A rough estimate is 1MB per minute for 128 kbps and 2 MB per minute for 256 kbps.

 

[Dennis187]

Songs can be anywhere from say 4mb-8mb depending on length of song.

 

[nashmills]

Thanks guys. It looks like my space requirement will be approximately half my iTunes size (256 kbps iTunes match files).

I thought there would be a way of seeing the size of individual files on the iPad.

 

[lazard]

Thanks guys. It looks like my space requirement will be approximately half my iTunes size (256 kbps iTunes match files).

I thought there would be a way of seeing the size of individual files on the iPad.

you can see the file sizes on itunes.

 

[Tones2]

you can see the file sizes on itunes.

You can only see the original file size on iTunes. There is no way to see the on-the-fly 128 kbps converted size on iTunes or the device per individual song. But it's safe to say that a 256 kbps song is double the size of a 128 kbps song.