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Posted by: mrT2k4

I think the iphone would be good to consolidate everything...instead of carrying a phone, mp3, etc...

but for those that have it.. is 8gb enough?

Posted by: therealest

no. well it is and it isn't. you can fit plenty of music and videos but it would be better if it was 16gb so i can just keep adding and adding to it and not need to worry about deleting anything for a while. but i'm happy.

Posted by: PhoneLines

Its ok, would be better if it were more.

I actually put my 100 buck rebate towards a new 80 gig ipod, so got an 80 gig for 149. Couldn't beat that.

I'm not much of a video watcher on these devices, so for music, even the phone is more then enough. But, being I'm a PC user, I didn't really think of anything else I'd get from the apple store, so went for the ipod. But I still have over 3 1/2 gigs free on my phone and I have a lot on it.

And I expect a 16 gig phone soon. Though with the price drop fiasco, they might wait a bit to announce a new 16 gig model. If not by december, I say right after the holidays we see at least a 16 gig phone.

Posted by: s3ct0r3

I'm fine with my 8gig iPwn. In fact, I have a 10GB music library and I only listen to about 170 songs (about 1GB) loyally.

I also have an ancient iPod 3G 20GB version. If I'm flying or whatnot, I'll bring that puppy too.

Posted by: sloan47

For me it's plenty... I'm not a HUGE music person so my library is about a gig.

Posted by: CyniKal.Mindset

my music collection is about 100gb but i'm a dj so i dont need all my 7min song with me

Posted by: iPhone Owner

I dont see why people would need 160GB of music on their Ipod, yes its good to have it there but really you aint going to listen to 90% of it. It would take 2 years to listen to them all back to back

I have about 10GB of music on my pc but only uploaded about 1GB of the songs that I actually listen to

Posted by: phoneboymt

My iPhone doesn't quite fit all I need it to. I still have to use my old iPod for some of my music. I think I have just short of 12 GB so if the iPhone was 16 GB it'd be perfect.

Posted by: Bigphun73

8 GB is plenty. I have a 30 GB ipod and i only used about 18 gb and I don't listen to all the music that. I used my 4 GB Nano to work out and travel that was plenty too. 8 GB is enough if you use it when you are out, and if you want new songs load some more. You have to load the music using playlists.

Posted by: Vincent9V

I'm happy with my 4GB

Posted by: tech4fun

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Originally Posted by iPhone Owner

I dont see why people would need 160GB of music on their Ipod, yes its good to have it there but really you aint going to listen to 90% of it. It would take 2 years to listen to them all back to back

I have about 10GB of music on my pc but only uploaded about 1GB of the songs that I actually listen to

Well I like to shuffle and yes because I have so much music I am always hearing new songs. I never know what mood I am it I like to be able to pull up any song I like without going home pulling it off my computer. When I have to wait around it helps I have hundreds of hours of TV show to watch and fill time.

I listen to only one song or watch one movie or show at a time but I like the 160 Gig iPod Classic for the reasons I posted above. Storage is much more important to me than making phone calls.

Posted by: dsigma6

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Originally Posted by iPhone Owner

I dont see why people would need 160GB of music on their Ipod, yes its good to have it there but really you aint going to listen to 90% of it. It would take 2 years to listen to them all back to back

Absolutely.

Most are emo, or think a large number of digital music files will impress someone.

Posted by: axc51

8GB is enough for me to have 3 large playlists of my most favorite songs, all my audio and video podcasts (10 most recent unviewed) and about 50 pics, a couple ringtones, all my calendar events and contacts, with room to spare (1-2GB).

Posted by: sungfra

8G is plenty for me. I currently have about 1.5G of music, 2.5G of movies (transformers & spiderman 3), 1G of photos, and a whole bunch of apps / NES roms.

Posted by: BethanyBoo

8gb is fine for me. It fits all of my music and pictures with enough room for a video or two.

Posted by: ericdraven

For me 8GB it's more than enough...

4GB is fine as well...
It's a phone first for me...

Posted by: Quake97

For me, no, it's not enough. I'd love to keep all my music on the iPhone, but I have around 11GB of music. So, I have to manually sync stuff and change it from time to time as my tastes change and/or I listen to the music too much and it gets boring. I usually keep some videos on there from The Office, South Park and the Chappelle Show just for fun. On occasion I stick a movie on there if I think I'm going to be stuck somewhere.

I seriously think a 16GB iPhone would be almost perfect for my in terms of storage space. Like someone else on here said, it's possible, since the iPod Touch is available in a 16GB version. iPhone 2.0?

Joe

Posted by: flyingdutchman

I am doing fine with 8GB. You guys should really try to make use of Smart Playlists. They can be a lifesaver. First it helps weed out music you don't really listen to, but it can also help rotate your music so you have different stuff all of the time.

Posted by: Quake97

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Originally Posted by flyingdutchman

I am doing fine with 8GB. You guys should really try to make use of Smart Playlists. They can be a lifesaver. First it helps weed out music you don't really listen to, but it can also help rotate your music so you have different stuff all of the time.

Yeah, that's a good point and I use the My Top Rated for that kind of thing. I tend to be an album listener, I know, crazy, right?

Joe

Posted by: eas

I don't have all that much music, but I've got most of it ripped @ 192kbps. I think last I checked I'd need at least 16GB, and a little more would be nice for video and photos.

I know my wife is holding off on her iPhone purchase until she's sure she can fit all her music on it.

I gotta say though, it's still nice having a significant chunk of my music collection on my phone.

Posted by: djdownhill

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8 GB enough?

I have 400 songs and 3 full length movies on my 8gb (with 2gb left over). For me thats enough to have at one time. When I travel I either drop 300 songs and upload a couple more movies or vice/versa.

Posted by: bigsho

i have 515 songs and 3 videos on my 4GB iphone and still have about 600 megs left of space.
I dont need anymore. I dont need every single song i own on my iphone....just songs from my favorite bands, and some of my favorite songs.

Posted by: ~~Tito~~

Well I have like 200 songs and thats barley 400 MB! I dont have an iPhone yet but that is still enough room for 10000 more for me!

Posted by: turbo-sc

8GB is more than enough... unless you're one of those people who HAS to have like 50gb of music... i mean you can always change out what's on the phone...

Posted by: signori

8GB is perfect for me. Plenty of space. I have a ipod nano 6gb and I only used 4gb of space up. Huge space compared to my other phone which is the motorola v3x razr I only have a 512mb memory card.

Posted by: ~~Tito~~

Yea, quit being lazy! LOL, or try seepod.com. That will always work better. Plus you can save play lists.

Posted by: iPhone Owner

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Originally Posted by ~~Tito~~

Yea, quit being lazy! LOL, or try seepod.com. That will always work better. Plus you can save play lists.

*www.seeqpod.com*

Posted by: amkls704

I have a 4g and I am fine. I have all my contacts, iCal events, about 400 pictures, I use it for e-mail, txt, and then I keep about a gig or so of music on it. I get bored with music after a while and just put new stuff on it. I guess it may not be if u do a lot of traveling? For me, it suits my needs.

Posted by: ~~Tito~~

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Originally Posted by iPhone Owner

*www.seeqpod.com*

HAHA, lol I forgot the q, No wonder I got a german site XD!

Posted by: mtorabi1

8gb is fine for a phone, but no substitute for an 80gb or a massive library

Posted by: J Peezy

I'd love a 30 gb. I have 6 gb of music and just a few vids. I'd like to load this up with podcasts, tv shows, and a few movies.

Posted by: NineToez

It's never enough but it is a phone first and foremost and I only keep my own favorites playlist on it anyway along with three movies. Does the trick, but want more storage for more pr0n, err, music.

Posted by: ppk287

What we want eventually, is to have a portable clone of our home system.

Posted by: CyniKal.Mindset

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Originally Posted by NineToez

but want more storage for more pr0n, err, music.

speaking of...are there any iphone friendly sites with videos???

Posted by: ~~Tito~~

LOL!!!!! Its not practiac watching it on the iphone. . .

Posted by: IanHummel

I thought it would be enough, but I went to add my selected playlists, and they were 10gb and that was only about 3/4 of what I wanted. Picking and choosing is so hard! lol. I'm used to a 60gb that I have almost full though.

Posted by: DreamWeaver88

The real question should be....is 8GB enough for the music that you actually paid for?

My guess is, it would be plenty for almost everyone.

DW

Posted by: djdownhill

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Originally Posted by DreamWeaver88

The real question should be....is 8GB enough for the music that you actually paid for?

People still actually pay for music?

Posted by: iPhone Owner

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Originally Posted by djdownhill

People still actually pay for music?

Its either they dont know how to download for free (there are sites that let you download music free that arent torrents) or scared that they will be arrested for pirating

Posted by: djdownhill

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Originally Posted by iPhone Owner

Its either they dont know how to download for free (there are sites that let you download music free that arent torrents) or scared that they will be arrested for pirating

I guess. Whatever floats the boat....

Posted by: KeanosMagicHat

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Originally Posted by mrT2k4

I think the iphone would be good to consolidate everything...instead of carrying a phone, mp3, etc...

but for those that have it.. is 8gb enough?

No for exactly the reason you say in your first sentence.

I'd love an iPhone, but I want a 3G 16GB (at least) model with voice dialing and bluetooth file transfer.

I currently have a 30GB Sony MP3 player whose battery lasts for 27 hours (I've tested it) and a Sony W950i 4GB Walkman phone which has a reasonable touch screen interface.

Like I said, I'd love an iPhone and totally buy into the idea of converged devices, but what's my incentive to change at the moment .....

Posted by: dsigma6

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Originally Posted by djdownhill

People still actually pay for music?

You're just trying to be funny, but for real- more people are buying music online now more than ever. Thankfully I'm not in that crowd.

I love the RIAA.