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Wattage
Also: watts, W
Wattage tells you how much power a charger can deliver at a given moment.
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Wattage tells you how much power a charger can deliver at a given moment. In everyday buying decisions, the useful question is not just what the spec says, but what it changes for comfort, cost, speed, safety, or battery life.
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