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iPhone 3g Australia forum
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1) i dont carry around videos on my iPod.
2) i dont have a BILLION GBs of music
3) i dont need, nor want, to carry around my entire collection with me
4) i wont have a billion apps on it, i dont need it for that, i have a PSP that can serve as a gaming device quite well.
this is an issue i have been pondering all week.
was thinking that 8gb would be "enough," especially if wireless syncing is introduced at some point (so my music library can be refreshed daily/weekly)
how many apps do people think that the average user will have? and how much space do we think they will use? (i imagine that ill have quite a few apps - depending on what's out there, and how much it costs!)
im now thinking that for an extra $5/month, it might be worth it!
well.
it all depends on what you want to use it for.
8Gb should be fine, providing you dont want videos on your iPhone nor 3000000000000000000000000000000000000000 songs.
It will all depend though on how much the Telco's choose to subsidise it for however.
eg. the Nokia N95 has an "of the shelf price" from vodafone of $1100, though if you sign up to their "super cap" $79/month contract they give you the phone.
no, surprisingly it doesnt.
i know its sounds crazy, but honestly, the sound quality turns out just the same as the original MP3 (or other audio) file.
I always wondered what the point of "convert to ACC" was lol so thanks for that!
I never thought I would be waiting for the weekend to be over hahaha
I never thought I would be waiting for the weekend to be over hahaha
just thought youd like to know...
i converted all of my music...
7.2GB of music went down to 4.39GB of music...
this is @ 1281 songs...
so im set for my iPhone 8GB
It does reduce the sound quality - dramatically.
Reducing a 128kbps mp3 file to a 128kbps AAC file is doing two lossy conversions. You're doing the audio equivalent of a photocopy of a photocopy.
Sure it may sound OK to your ears but the quality of the sound is reduced to around that of FM radio - pretty poor.
well, i cant hear any difference.
and ive read multiple articles (dont ask me for links) where the author clearly states that it does not dramatically reduce sound quality.
but you may have a different opinion chundles.
Not an opinion - it's a fact. You might not be able to hear the difference but there is a difference.
Mactalk seems to have a lot of good info for Australian users but be warned they seem to be moderated by Thread Nazis! I am not a member but I read the threads and in teh space of 2o minutes I came across two people who had been banned for posting threads which were basically repeats of other threads. This is all well and good but they were protesting they hadn't seen the other threads.
Its a good site but I wouldn't dare post on it!
Its a good site but I wouldn't dare post on it!
i have an account on that site.
post reguarly.
i dunno, they dont seem liek forum nazi's..
A lot of it comes down to the headphones/speakers you use. If you use Apple's bundled iPod headphones, you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a 32kbps vs a 320kbps file!
I was quite happy listening to Jeff Buckley's 'Grace' album at 128kbps until I bought a nice pair of Phitek Blackbox headphones - and then I had to go back to the CD and re-rip it at 256kbps because the 'phones had exposed the weaknesses of the sample rate...
no, as i said the lesson is get the 16gb, i promise you, you will regret it in 6-8 months, or sooner. just helping out