iPhone 17 Pro Max What storage size for the 17 Pro Max?

[SammyxVine]

Hi all,


I am about to purchase an iPhone 17 Pro Max and was debating if I should go for 512GB or 1TB?
I use Apple Music as my music app of choice and I also listen to a lot of music when I am commuting and at the gym. Even though I have unlimited mobile data, I prefer to download most of my music rather than stream as signal in London can be bad in some places, especially when using the underground.
Do you think 512GB will be enough for me or should I buy the 1TB for peace of mind?

 

[VineRider]

How big is your music library?

 

[Cobalt Blizzard]

How big your music library? Do you keep photos locally or offload them to iCloud?

 

[SammyxVine]

How big is your music library?

I have been downloading lossless music which takes a lot of space I am told compared to AAC

So far on my 16 Pro Max, I have used 310GB storage.

 

[VineRider]

I have been downloading lossless music which takes a lot of space I am told compared to AAC

So far on my 16 Pro Max, I have used 310GB storage.

I’d probably go 1tb since you’re already over half the storage capacity of 512gb.

 

[fatTribble]

I’d probably go 1tb since you’re already over half the storage capacity of 512gb.

Agreed. I was about to say you can hold a lot of music in a half terabyte, but you’re already using much of that space. I’d go 1 TB.

 

[SammyxVine]

How big your music library? Do you keep photos locally or offload them to iCloud?

I don't take a lot of photos
It's music what eats up my storage as I download

 

[SammyxVine]

Agreed. I was about to say you can hold a lot of music in a half terabyte, but you’re already using much of that space. I’d go 1 TB.

What about if I stop downloading AAC files?

 

[fatTribble]

What about if I stop downloading AAC files?

It’s hard to say without specifics. With normal quality music files you could certainly fit a heck of a lot in 512GB. I believe AAC files are normally smaller than their mp3 equivalents.

This might help:

https://markellisreviews.com/tech-tips-guides/how-to-listen-to-apple-music-lossless/

From the article:
A three-minute song will be approximately:
- 6MB with High Quality at 256kbps
- 36MB with Lossless at 24-bit/48kHz
- 145MB with Hi-Res Lossless at 24-bit/192kHz