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Pandora Question

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I just bought some really nice Audio-Technica ATH-M50s and I'm thinking of upgrading to Pandora One. I only listen to it on my iPhone (4s) and sometimes plug it into my car so I can listen to it on the car's speakers. I am confused about the quality of the audio files when playing on iPhone. This is what it says on the Pandora website:

"Pandora on the Web plays 64k AAC+ for free listeners and 192k for Pandora One subscribers. All in-home devices play 128k audio, and mobile devices receive a variety of different rates depending on the capability of the device and the network they are on, but never more than 64k AAC+."

Pandora plays 64k audio files, if upgrading to Pandora One the file is 192k, however if listening to Pandora One on iPhone the file is always 64k? So basically there's no point in upgrading if I listen to it only on the iPhone?
 
According to the quote you pulled from Pandora's website, yes it seems they limit the bitrate for mobile devices so you dont go over your data limit. So no, it seems there would be no point in upgrading to Pandora One unless you are truly annoyed by the adds and interruptions. It actually sounds like only a computer would receive the full 192k... "in-home" devices only play 128k?

I doubt a mobile phone would play above 64k even on a wifi network by the way its worded.
 
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