How many songs will an iPhone 3Gs hold? (8, 16, 32 Gb)?

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I'm about to get an iPhone and i don't know which version to get. How many songs will each of the storage amounts hold? (P.s. I wants lots of apps too, not just songs)'
thanks!?
 
Not a lot, like 6- 700 songs(for the 3gb) because of all the apps and the settings, you wont have enough room to put whatever you want on it. But I would recommend the 64 Gb. Just because it will ensure that it can do all you want.
 
that depends on the quality of the mp3s, and the official specs usually go with a lower bitrate to boost their specs.

also, the sizes are shown in base 10 while the files are in base 2, which means a bit of space is "lost," again due to advertising

assuming you have only 320kbps CBR MP3s encoded in LAME (highest quality MP3 you can get)

a 5 minute song will be around 11mb
a 7 minute song will be around 15-16mb

there is also the firmware size to worry about

for 5 minute songs
8gb will hold around 710
16gb will hold around 1440
32gb will hold around 2870

for 7 minute songs
8gb will hold around 530
16gb will hold around 1045
32gb will hold around 2100

this leaves quite a bit of leeway, as I calculated each to leave around 400mb for the firmware and apps, since I'm assuming this is mainly for music, partly for apps.
 
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