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Amps is a measure of current. Then they switch to talking about power which is measured in watts, but use amps as the unit. Power measured in Watts is apples to apples. Amps are only one half of the equation for watts. So comparing a fridge to a phone is like.... comparing a fridge to a phone.

Watts are a function of Volts * Amps. So them talking about a fridge using 6 amps at 120 volts is really quite a silly comparison to using 200 amps at 1 volt. The fridge is using 720 watts of power compared to 200 watts from the chip.

In no way is it like having three fridges in your pocket.




They don't "switch to talking about power", they discuss both the power and current to phone chips as opposed to other chips. For fridges, they only mention amps. They're not using the best wording but they're not doing what you claim there.




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