Tywèle [she|her] to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agoWhy are batteries in phones always measured in mAh instead of Wh like for example notebooks?message-square68fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down12
arrow-up1146arrow-down1message-squareWhy are batteries in phones always measured in mAh instead of Wh like for example notebooks?Tywèle [she|her] to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareHTTP_404_NotFoundlinkfedilinkEnglish23•2 years agoThe same exact reason ISPs sell bandwidth in Mb/s, instead of the proper unit. Quite simply, 500Mbit/s sounds a lot more impressive than 0.5Gbps or 62.5MB/s.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpenlinkfedilinkEnglish14•edit-22 years agoIt leads to a lot of confusion for customers though, who think their Internet connection is 8 times faster than it is.
minus-squareslazer2aulinkfedilink5•2 years agoBut bits is the correct unit. Speed is measured in bits, storage is measured in Bytes (unless you are Microsoft) Your argument you be like saying 'why say a car that can do Kilometres per hour when it is really going cubic kilometres per hour.
The same exact reason ISPs sell bandwidth in Mb/s, instead of the proper unit.
Quite simply, 500Mbit/s sounds a lot more impressive than 0.5Gbps or 62.5MB/s.
It leads to a lot of confusion for customers though, who think their Internet connection is 8 times faster than it is.
Welcome to marketing.
But bits is the correct unit.
Speed is measured in bits, storage is measured in Bytes (unless you are Microsoft)
Your argument you be like saying 'why say a car that can do Kilometres per hour when it is really going cubic kilometres per hour.