My brothers and I have attempted countless times to explain to our mother the difference between WiFi and mobile data, including that you should connect to WiFi to save data and that you don’t need a functioning SIM card with data to use the WiFi at the airport when arriving from overseas.
I love my mother but I am struggling to comprehend the incomprehension. If anyone has some kind of simple or fun metaphor or something that explains it, I would be forever grateful. Thank you.
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“Wifi” means “using someone else’s internet connection”. This could be your house’s internet connection, or the airport’s internet connection, or a coffee shop’s internet connection. Regardless, you’re telling your phone to use *that* internet connection.
“Mobile data” means “using your cell phone’s own cell connection”.
This is why you can still connect just fine on wifi even when your phone has no signal: because wifi isn’t using your cell phone’s own connection at all.
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