The phone and laptop charger I use every day makes faces at me, and now is the ideal time to get it for yourself
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A 100W UGreen charger getting press for being ‘whimsical’ is a small but real signal that even utilities are being differentiated on brand and emotion. Hardware teams in crowded categories should assume parity on specs and compete on UX, industrial design, and narrative.
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