freemansteve

Buy Bosch aeros. Worked immediately for me, and just as good nearly a year on. Same on most cars I have had. The basic problem is that the OEM-fit ones are rubbish blades.....

The battery is probably 80% (or more) the capacity of when new, which for most things is fine... There many phones that, when video recording and displaying on the screen, would run the battery to zero even when on charge, i.e. using energy faster than you can replenish it! Same for a lot of games running on phones.... I gave up on SatNavs, so I have no recommendations! I got sick of taking off/putting on the windscreen, as they are what is known as "smack-head magnets".... Might get one again, now I live in a very quiet Close in very quiet village though....

It might be fun to a least try it out, given that it sounds like the phone is more or less spare - I guess you're thinking of something like this: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smart-dash-cam/id1019175347 ... but I'm pretty sure you'd need to keep the thing powered from a 12V socket, as video recording is quite power hungry.

I am not aware that any iPhone can take a micro-SD card, so you are limited to whatever memory you have in the phone, and whether it can capture files in timed chunks - it probably won't erase and "roll-over" continuously. And probably the recording is not motion/crash aware either.... Sell the iPhone and buy a dedicated dash cam, or a SatNav with built-in dash cam. Don't be seen with a dash-cam in Portugal - they are illegal, owing to personal privacy concerns over there!!! You know, parking pointing at the beach, etc....

Is it not heavier than the ICE versions?

It would look terrible on my pearlescent black Citigo - think I'll stick with my old, trusty 'house mover's blanket' that I keep in the shed, for the 3 or 4 times a year I go to the tip! Besides, that plate doesn't cover the bits that really can get scuffed....