How much space do HD camera videos take? 16gb vs 32gb

[psingh01]

Thinking of upgrading to an iPhone 4 (from a 3G) for the HD video camera, but don't know which capacity to get. Can someone give an estimate for how much space a recorded video takes? Like 5 mins of HD = 2GB or something like that.

I've gotten by with just 8GB with room to spare but with an HD camera I don't want to get stuck with 16GB if my usage fills it up fast. Thanks.

 

[BurntReality]

From what I have read it is about 80 mb per minute of video. That is for the raw and unedited video.

 

[h1r0ll3r]

^ that's about right. I've noticed roughly 1 - 1.5MB per 1 second of video.

 

[Centient]

Just go for the 32gb. If you're like me you've always got the amount of space available in the back of your mind. For $100 you buy yourself some extra peace of mind and you can slack a bit when it comes to frequency of offloading.

 

[dave420]

Definitely go with the 32 GB if you are going to be taking videos. I got the 16 GB and filled it up in a week. I still have to clear my videos out every couple weeks to make room for new ones. So unless you don't want to save your videos on your phone for a while get the model with more storage. Also taking pictures gets slow when you are running low on storage space.
(I thought I'd be fine with the 16 GB since I never filled my 8GB iPhone 2G the whole time I got it. I almost exchanged for a 32GB model, but I figured that would be tricky since stock is so low. I just figure I'll get next year's model and get the bigger one.)

 

[nikhsub1]

From what I have read it is about 80 mb per minute of video. That is for the raw and unedited video.

By my calculations the HD video on iPhone 4 takes up 79.86 MB / MIN or 4792 MB / Hour.

 

[BurntReality]

By my calculations the HD video on iPhone 4 takes up 79.86 MB / MIN or 4792 MB / Hour.

See I was close :-D