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Want a dashcam? Before buying one, repurpose an old phone. It's free, takes minutes, and works well.
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I don't review phones as much as I did at the start of my tech journalism career, but at one point, I was flipping between two or three devices a month. So, today, I have a lot of old Android phones and iPhones stashed away in forgotten totes. Lately, though, I've been repurposing some of them. I even turned a spare Pixel into a security camera. That got me thinking: Can a phone be a dashcam?
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Turns out, it's possible and free if a few accessories, such as a phone mount, are already on hand. Obviously, a dedicated dashcam is the cleaner long-term solution for most drivers, but as a free weekend experiment, my old Android phone works surprisingly well.