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Wow! “built in torch” immediately puts this one ahead of all other competition I’ve seen so far. Not even kidding.

I use LED on my phone as a torch more often than I use it as a camera flash.

I think they "just" meant "set OLED screen to full brightness white", which is the kind of app my cheap Amazfit has too. And I can say from experience that that is still really useful, because OLED screens are pretty darn bright.

In the case of Amazfit (which I presume is similar here) you can set it up to turn on when long-pressing the dial, it can switch between white and red light by turning the dial, and it takes a few seconds to reach full brightness instead of just switching on. Meaning you have a chance to change it to red without waking everyone up in the middle of a camping trip.

> There's a built in LED which acts as a torch - which is only useful if you wear it on the left wrist.

Could be useful on the other hand if you could flip the face upside down.

Surely people who wear watches on their right wrist prefer the wheel to be on the left side and the LED is on the same side.

Dunno about this one, but my Amazfits all have the option for wearing direction, so you can decide which way the controls face on asymmetrical models. It works and I've thought about using it even though I'm not a southpaw; worn distally, the Balance's digital crown tends to snag on things.

You can also automate night mode by time of day, which is nice if like me you prefer simply to wear your watch to sleep. The red night display mode, at minimal brightness in a dark room, is enough to see when you want it but not enough to disturb when you don't.

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