Is it though? Really? 480 Mb/s is quite fast for most applications, especially those involving a smartphone.

Any user with files large enough that this transfer is ostensibly slow is a videographer of some sort and has likely bought the pro model or at least planned for this event.

What sort of file is a "random 1-off thing" that a casual user might need to transfer, unexpectedly, over the wire, which is so large that a speed of 0.48 gigabits/sec is extremely slow?

The non-pro model can transfer a 5GB file over the wire in around a minute. Again, what is the real-world use case or scenario where a non-pro, casual user would find some random 1-off file, that is so large that the 0.48 Gbps speed is lacking?

Personally I am very excited for this transfer to happen over USB3 in the future.

Out of curiosity, what client app do you use to actually view the snapshot on the iPhone?

The latest full snapshot (including low res images) is here and clocks in around 102gb: https://dumps.wikimedia.org/kiwix/zim/wikipedia/wikipedia_en...

I live on an RV and end up working off of solar power far from cell service, so when I run out of power for Starlink there's no internet and Kiwix is super handy for relevant reading material.

In my single anecdata case, out of 15ish years of owning phones, it was a 4kx60fps video of a recital and about 30gb if I recall correctly.

Also, you are doing a classic mix-up of mega-bits vs. mega-bytes. A 30 gb file transferring at 480 megabits per second takes around 5 minutes with no protocol overhead (about 20% speed reduction) and assuming the flash on the phone can keep up and isn't doing anything else on the wire (probably another 20-40% reduction in transfer speed).

How did I mix up megabits and megabytes? I mentioned a 5 gb file transferring at the same speeds takes a minute or so. That tracks with your 30 gb:5 minute calculation.

It would have been different if I wrote MB/s (all caps)

MB/s = megabytes per second

Mb/s = Mbps = megabits per second.

See also https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/definition/Mbps

> Megabits per second (Mbps) are units of measurement for network bandwidth and throughput. They are used to show how fast a network or internet connection is. Each Mbps represents the capacity to transfer 1 million bits each second, or roughly one small photo per second. It may also be expressed as Mbit/s or Mb/s.