Lighter Prank

Your phone becomes a lighter. Drag your thumb down the flint wheel, feel it catch, and a real flame stands up on the glass. Tilt the phone and it leans. Blow at it and it goes out.

FIVE LIGHTERS, NOT ONE
• Classic, the everyday plastic one with a slotted wind hood
• Barrel, round at both ends with a shorter cap
• Flip-top, the metal case that clinks open and stays lit
• Torch, a pressurised jet that burns narrow and stiff
• Electric, no flame at all, just a plasma arc snapping across two electrodes

MAKE IT YOURS
Twelve body finishes, from Classic Red and Hot Pink to Midnight, Gold Bar, Copper, and a Clear tank you can see the butane through. Six flame colours, including Blue Gas, Violet, Crimson and White Hot. Mix any body with any flame.

IT BEHAVES LIKE THE REAL THING
• Flick the wheel too gently and you get sparks, not fire
• Turn on realistic strike and it gets stubborn, the way a lighter does when it is running low
• Tilt your phone and the flame leans, because it is still trying to rise
• Blow at the microphone and it gutters, then dies
• Flick the flip-top lid back to strike it, snap it shut to snuff it
• Hold the button on the torch and the arc lights, the way you actually would

SOUND AND FEEL
The gritty scrape of the flint, the clink of a metal lid, the small whoosh when the gas catches, and the hiss that runs the whole time it burns. Every one of those lands with a matching buzz in your hand. Turn either off any time.

CONCERT MODE
Tap it once and the flame stays lit on its own, hands free. The screen stays awake and brightens to full, so you can hold it up through a whole encore without the display dimming on you.

REAL FLASHLIGHT
Switch it on and your phone's LED lights up whenever the flame does, and goes out the moment it does. A simulated flame that actually lights the room.

BUILT TO BE HONEST ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY
The microphone is only ever used if you turn on blow to extinguish, and even then the sound is measured and thrown away as it arrives. Nothing is recorded, nothing is saved, nothing leaves your phone. No account, no sign-up, no internet connection needed, and no tracking of any kind.

PERFECTLY SAFE
It is a picture of a flame. It gives off no heat, burns nothing, and cannot be lit by accident in your pocket. Put your phone down and it goes out on its own.

For concerts and encores, for a birthday candle over a video call, for showing someone how a flip-top works, or just for something to fidget with while you think.