Tywele [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy are batteries in phones always measured in mAh instead of Wh like for example notebooks?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareWhy are batteries in phones always measured in mAh instead of Wh like for example notebooks?Tywele [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareHTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoIt leads to a lot of confusion for customers though, who think their Internet connection is 8 times faster than it is.
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.