▲ 146 ▼ Why are batteries in phones always measured in mAh instead of Wh like for example notebooks? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 2 years ago by Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (2 children) But why not advertise in mWh? 19000 is bigger than 5000 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think they know about metric prefixes, Pip. Imagine if the marketing people discovered that they could advertise that it has 19 million uWh (in Doctor Evil voice). Don't say it too loudly though, someone at Apple might hear. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Coconut1233@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] ott@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago That would be ideal, but I think at this point there's just too much marketing momentum using mAh, and switching to mWh would be too confusing to consumers. But yeah, I agree, mWh is definitely the most appropriate unit to use. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think they know about metric prefixes, Pip. Imagine if the marketing people discovered that they could advertise that it has 19 million uWh (in Doctor Evil voice). Don't say it too loudly though, someone at Apple might hear. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Coconut1233@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ott@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago That would be ideal, but I think at this point there's just too much marketing momentum using mAh, and switching to mWh would be too confusing to consumers. But yeah, I agree, mWh is definitely the most appropriate unit to use. permalink fedilink source parent