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A comment on Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-year-old USB 2.0 speeds. Parent comment

Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by quenix on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @02:31PM (#37499946)
Anecdata taken.

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.

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by withinboredom on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @02:33PM (#37499973)
You said Mb/s not mbps.
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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by quenix on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @02:48PM (#37500169)
Okay, since we’re being pedantic, I still think you’re wrong. Mb/s is equivalent to Mbps.

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.

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by withinboredom on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:06PM (#37500386)
Ah yeah, that's fair. I just reread my reply and realized it came across as much shorter than I intended, sorry for that. I wasn't trying to be an antfucker.
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