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"There is not 160 GB of free space."
1.0 starson by smiddy012Pros: - Plays Music
Cons: - Falsely Advertised Greatly
- 148.6 GB of free space
- Advertising claims that space is "more than enough room for a lifetime's worth or entertainment" 50 or 100 days is not a lifetime, not to mention that 148.6 gigs isn't enough for many such as meSummary: Anyone who reviews this and claims that there is 160 GB of space for you to upload media is not telling the truth. It has 148.6 GB of space for you to fill, not 160 GB. Also falsely advertized, according to the official Apple website this ipod can carry "up to 40,000 songs." This is ONLY the case if all your music files are at a 128 bit-rate (itunes m4a files are at 256, Amazon at 320 or VBR). You would have to go out of your way to illegally download crap-quality music consistently to store anywhere near up to 40,000 songs.
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This is not just true of the iPod but every single storage device you purchase. It's been that way for years. It's usable space versus total space. It has to do with math and the way data size is converted. I'm not in the mood to post a long egghead reply, so for future reference for ANY storage device you buy (iPod, iPad, PC hard drive, laptop, thumb drive, etc) refer to this chart I just quickly found online for true sizes:
40GB = 37GB
80GB = 74GB
100GB = 93GB
120GB = 111GB
160GB = 148GB
200GB = 186GB
250GB = 232GB
300GB = 279GB
320GB = 297GB
400GB = 372GB
500GB = 465GB
750GB = 697GB
1000GB = 930GB
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