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How much storage does Voice Memos use per minute/hour on iPhone?

I have an SE running IOS 17, and want to record a 2 hour interview. I only have 11 gb left of storage capacity. Can anyone tell me how many mb per minute or gb per hour VoiceMemos uses? Could not find an answer to this on the community, but if you know of an answer, can you point me to it? It's important. thanks!


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iPhone SE, iOS 17

Posted on Jul 16, 2024 12:44 PM

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Jul 16, 2024 4:30 PM in response to fairchified

fairchified wrote:

I have an SE running IOS 17, and want to record a 2 hour interview. I only have 11 gb left of storage capacity. Can anyone tell me how many mb per minute or gb per hour VoiceMemos uses? Could not find an answer to this on the community, but if you know of an answer, can you point me to it? It's important. thanks!


~ 0.521 MB / minute Apple MPEG-4 audio (.m4a)


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