Re-encode high bit rate music during sync?

The iPod Shuffle has a great feature during music sync which allows you to have iTunes automatically re-encode high bit rate music rates to 128kb/s AAC during sync. There doesn't appear to be a way to enable this option for other iPods, including the iPhone.
Does anyone know a way to get this functionality for the iPhone? With the amount of apps and photos I have on my phone, it leaves little space for music and my entire collection is high bit rate.

I'm not aware of a way to get this functionality with an iPhone. Lowering the rate for music in your iTunes library which was encoded at a higher rate when imported into your iTunes library reduces the sound quality more than if the chosen lower rate was selected for the encoder option when importing the music originally.
Depending on the available storage space on your computer, or on an external drive for your iTunes library, you can re-encode the music you want transferred to your iPhone followed by placing the lower rate music in an iTunes playlist that is selected to be transferred to your iPhone.

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