What is the Exact Capacity of the 8GB iPhone 3G ?

[Mac.]

I'm going to purchase an iPhone 3G (8GB Model), but i wanted to know what the EXACT Capacity will be? (for personal usage, ie. Music & Movies)

Will it be 8GB or more like 6GB ?

Thanks.

 

[dukebound85]

about 7.8 then whatever it takes for the os


8/1.024 is how you get the real capacity before any thing is added like os

 

[Mac.]

about 7.8 then whatever it takes for the os


8/1.024 is how you get the real capacity before any thing is added like os

Thanks.

 

[daisuke07]

Capacity of iPhone 3G

about 7.8 then whatever it takes for the os


8/1.024 is how you get the real capacity before any thing is added like os

It is actually 7.08. It should actually be called 7GB iPhone 3G

 

[MikePA]

It should actually be called 7GB iPhone 3G

Just like disk drives. No need to whine about it.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

^ Yea, they measure in bits on the box, but the all computers use bytes, so its roughly 8:1 bit/byte ratio. 1.024 if you want to get really technical about it.

 

[kdarling]

It's not like a physical or flash disk drive.

The iPhone uses a simple memory chip. The 8GB chip contains 2^33 = 8,589,934,592 bytes.

File system overhead and OS take up space that's then unusable for data.

 

[daisuke07]

Then they should say it's only 7 gb of usuable memory. 1 gig couldve held more songs or one movie. Not everyones a nerd

 

[Mac.]

Thanks for the help.