Pity the poor smiley face. It once was the go-to symbol to convey e-emotion. Cyberspace was its oyster. It reigned supreme. But today's mobile app era has become something of an emoji-eat-emoji world.

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From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is the most iconic of them all.

To Gen Z, that classic smiley face emoji isn’t all sunshine — it’s more of a smug, side-eye smirk that can come off as passive-aggressive in texts like above.

Ugreen’s Uno line of USB-C wired chargers, Qi2 magnetic chargers, power banks, and USB hubs all have little screens to show robot-like emoji faces when plugged in.