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From: HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Torch vs Flashlight
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2023 16:00:23 +0100
Organization: I'd rather have more
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On 24 Sep 2023, Steve Hayes wrote

> On my Android cell phone there is a function called "Torch", and when
> I press the button it shines a light, which I sometimes use to read
> by.
> 
> I was just wondering whether, on such phones sold in the USA, this
> function is labelled "Flashlight", or is it aslo labelled "torch" is
> in non-US English?

It's not hard-wired in the phone: it depends on what you've set as the 
phone's default language.

If you change the default language setting from "English (UK)" to 
"English (US)", the label changes from "Torch" to "Flashlight".

-- 
Cheers, Harvey