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"normal" ones are usual NiMH which put out 1.25v. Standard alkaline batteries put out 1.5v.

Some devices care about the difference.

The tiny electronics that allows the lithium battery chemistry to be charged via microUSB also converts the 3.?v output to 1.5v.



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