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Hmmm. The full English Wikipedia Zim went from 87GB 1.5 years ago to 103GB now. While 512GB microSD cards are fairly reasonable nowadays, iPhone users will stru
by fmajid 3y ago
Hmmm. The full English Wikipedia Zim went from 87GB 1.5 years ago to 103GB now. While 512GB microSD cards are fairly reasonable nowadays, iPhone users will struggle.
- isametry 3y agoCurrent iPhones are available with up to 1 TB of storage. I’d argue that whoever would even think about downloading all of Wikipedia on their phone is a particular type of user and their choice storage will be on the northern side.
- fmajid 3y agoI do have the Maxi Wikipedia ZIM on my iPad Pro, which has 1TB. I upgraded my wife's iPhone X to a 15 non-Pro, maxed to 512GB, but she has so many videos I doubt the ZIM will fit. I myself will keep my iPhone 12 until it either breaks or they no longer provide security updates for it. Not everyone changes to the latest iPhone.
- flyinghamster 3y agoOr any other phone lacking a microSD slot. I'd assume it works that way on an iPhone, but I can at least plug a flash drive (or card reader) into my Pixel 7a's USB-C port. Not quite as nice as having always-ready extra storage, but handier for quick swaps.
- speedylight 3y agoWith the iPhone 15 you could easily plug in a USB C SSD and download it onto that—would probably require a custom client to read the data from the external drive though.
- thinkling 3y agoAre there cases yet that will take an SD card and provide a pass-through USB-C plug? (Much like the battery hump cases?) Didn’t find it on a superficial search.
- fmajid 3y agoI tried on my iPad Pro M1 using a Crucial X9 Pro drive, and Kiwix works just fine. The non-pro iPhone 15 with its USB2 speed USB-C port won’t be snappy, however.
- cm2187 3y agoIs it compressed? Also I presume the html must gross up the number.