Well, since the OP says TS10 built in one would have to imagine more exploding cellphones due to the extreme heat from repeated Turbo blasts with no real heat sinking. And your battery would be dead quicker than you could say Apple iphone
To answer the imposed of OP question.;
No would not effect decision. Would actually pay more for smartphone that actually had better Cell Phone performance than computing performance.
Funny how you can be somewhere and get squat coverage but still able to send texts with little problem.
Yeah I know, smaller data packets. yadda yadda.
Most cellphones have high CRI leds nowadays, but the output and throw are both pathetic. It also leads to issues like battery drain and stuff. I prefer a dedicated light with its own energy source.
I started EDCing a dedicated flashlight after my $750 Samsung Galaxy S-Flashlight tumbled off the back of my mother-in-lawâs TV stand and smashed while I was trying to reconnect her Roku.
Cellphone âflashlightsâ are pretty much just mules, so have near-zero throw. Flood is nice, at least for snapping pix of something close-in, but no one expects to snap a cellphone pic of something even 20ft-30ft away.
Assuming a modest 100lm/W, how many watts would you expect a cellphone light to sustainably put out for even a few minutes? Thermal stepdown in a cellphone? Expect returns out the wazoo for âdefectiveâ lights if people want to use their cellphone lights for video clips. And thatâd likely cook the battery-pouch 'til it puffs up like a balloon.
Okay, so focus the light for more throw⌠then what about pix where you actually want flood again? Multiple emitters, for close/far or even close/mid/far?
If you only have a phone and need to find something you dropped, or want to grubble around in a cabinet or something, a zero-throw source of light would be fine.
But to use it as an actual flashlight like when walking the dog, etc.? Câmon, thatâs retarded. No one in his right mind would use a cellphone that way. Unless dialed down to bare minimum light output, youâd run down the battery in no time.
But there are some that do use phones as lights. My plumber has his own flashlight, even to look at stuff up close but in shadow. Yet a house-inspector I know just uses his cellphone to poke around in basements and the like. When I was there for a house inspection and we were looking in the⌠attic? the crawlspace between ceiling and roof⌠he was attempting to shine in there with his phone. Lit up the first 6ft or so, but then blackness. I whipped out my MH20 and saw all the way from front to back, and didnât even have to crank it up that much. He didnât say anything, but he looked at how small the '20 was and how much it lit up everything, so maybe I had a convert, who knows. Guess he was expecting a 3D Maglite to have any oomf and was surprised at what a small light could do.
So maybe if youâre in some cave surrounded by Sleestaks or something and have to find your way out in the dark, a cellphone would be (marginally) better than nothing. But use a damned flashlight.
This sums it up for me. Donât get me wrong, a decent light on my phone is still better than no light at all but itâs not as good as a dedicated tool.
Itâs a bit like multitools, the screwdriver on my Leatherman is a lot better than nothing, but itâs pretty terrible compared to an actual screwdriver.
Iâm probably an outlier but for me the only criteria is whether it can be thoroughly degoogled, robustly encrypted and used with libre software only. Aside from that it might as well be a flip phone.
Iâm partial to the lower end Motorola phones c.$200, Iâm on my second in 5-6 years. This is partly due to price/performance ratio and also I particularly like the âshake to activate flashlightâ feature. A double karate chop type movement turns the light on/off without having to even turn the screen on. Not sure if Motorola have the patent, Iâve not seen it utilised elsewhere.
Edit to add: Iâve also noticed my current Motorola seems to have above average WiFi range, I can pick up WiFi networks that a Google Pixel 4 or an iPhone ?13/14 Pro canât see, no idea how itâs possible.
If battery life and heat was not an issue, yes Iâd be interested. As it is i use my phone light very occasionally but only sporadically and in short bursts, usually when Iâve left my edc in the ute.
Iâm pretty into flashlights, but itâs not one of the factors I consider when choosing a phone. The factors I look for instead are:
surprising no one, I want decent community firmware available and reasonably easy to install
low price
ability to talk to the current and next cell networks
acceptable size and shape
standard headphone / headset jack
user-serviceable ideally, like replacing the battery
availability of cheap but decent cases and screen protectors, to keep it in good condition long-term
Otherwise, almost every phone is basically just a portable screen with a battery and a slab of computronium attached, and a variety of I/O (radios, mic, speakers, USB, a few buttons, maybe a light sensor or potato camera).
I only use a phone for things where its unique form factor is beneficial⌠and for flashlight purposes, that form is not beneficial.
