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[Ninja Dom]

Iphones didn't have led flash for like 2-3 iterations though.

I think there were flip phones that did this.

It's great though when you drop shit down under the bed.

Correct. iPhone launched in 2007.

However, iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS did not have LED flash. The first iPhone with flash was the iPhone 4 in 2010.

 

[RoadHazard]

Correct. iPhone launched in 2007.

However, iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS did not have LED flash. The first iPhone with flash was the iPhone 4 in 2010.

Thank god Apple finally decided to invent the LED flash though! Otherwise where would we have been today? In darkness.

 

[Jeffrey]

Correct. iPhone launched in 2007.

However, iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS did not have LED flash. The first iPhone with flash was the iPhone 4 in 2010.

wasn't even built into the OS for a few years later too I think, whenever the bottom menu came out (ios 7?).

There were a lot of 3rd party apps though. Surprised apple allowed api access for that lol.

 

[Ty4on]

My W800i had a duel LED flashlight. Flip the camera cover off and press * so it was really easy to do quickly and lit up better than most of my flashlights.

 

[entremet]

I use it all the time.

 

[CMDBob]

The torch on my Moto G3 is so handy. I love that there's a thing where if I shake it up and down twice quickly, it toggles the torch on and off. So good.

Man, I love my Moto G3.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I use mine constantly. I keep my bedroom pretty dark 24/7, so it's useful for finding shit.

 

[Watevaman]

Still have to use a third party app (windows phone) but I use mine all the time to walk the 50 feet or so through the yard yo the front door. Really useful.

 

[Ray Wonder]

There probably hasn't been a day in the past 4-5 years I haven't used my phone flashlight.

 

[Altazor]

Nokia 1100.

250 million sold since 2003, making it the best selling mobile phone in the world. Had a built in flash light.

So it's definitely not something new, related to smartphones or iPhones.

that one, and the Nokia 2300 were the first phones with flashlights I ever saw, back in the early 00s

 

[Appleman]

wasn't even built into the OS for a few years later too I think, whenever the bottom menu came out (ios 7?).

There were a lot of 3rd party apps though. Surprised apple allowed api access for that lol.

I think the third party apps might have used "video recording with flash" to enable it. At least that's how you could do it without an app

 

[jesu]

I've always got one on my keyring anyway, I've never used my phone for that.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

I think my first smartphone came with the app. Made sense.

 

[clav]

No you don't. I can pull down my action bar and activate it from there. No menus needed.

Not really. Swipe down once on my phone, boom.

That's going through menus. I have the same setup. Have to turn on the key. Reach all the way up and swipe down and then touch the appropriate icon.

Holding a key on the phone was so much easier. Don't need to flip open the phone either.

 

[Marky Mark]

Just tried it on an S6 running 5.1.1, and it works there. Did the S5 never get that version?

Maybe it has but my carrier in Australia hasn't released it as 5.0 is the latest available. :/ Maybe I'll look at rooting it to put a better version on the phone.

 

[iPaul93]

I remember some old Nokias having flashlights before iPhones.

It was either the 3310 or the 3410.

 

[old manatee]

It's a huge deal for me because I would never bother to carry a normal flashlight around all the time, but over the years I have used my phone light hundreds of times.

If I had to choose I would give up the camera to keep the flashlight.

 

[jelly]

Always loved Sony Ericsson phones for the flashlight. Nokia were good too. So bright as well.

 

[True Savior]

Used it the other way. Drained quicker than a game gear.

 

[Steiner84]

not kidding, but beeing able to turn the flashlight on with a finger gesture on the locked phone was one of the primary things that made me get a oneplus 2

 

[Hex]

Ok, I really need to put on my glasses.
I seriously saw Fleshlight on Planes.
I guess it really does happen.

 

[devonodev]

I know heaps of people, myself included, who use it all the time. Underrated smartphone feature.

 

[Herne]

Surprisingly handy, I have a widget for mine on the second desktop. I often use it when I need to plug in or out something from behind my computer (it's dark down there).

 

[FoxSpirit]

The biggest difference from old vs new: those new power LED sure put out a lot of light. Amazing from such a tiny spec.

 

[triplestation]

I bet all of us itt turned on our phone flash light in response to this thread