I don’t know that I would go that far. But maybe my phone is old…
All of this talk about having it on you is absolutely true though. Which is why I enquire about a iDevice mic. That Rode XY looks nice. Though now that Apple is going USBc maybe wait on it…
Shameless plug alert but I did all if this with people’s phone recordings. Compress / EQ, throw it in an OT and you have unlimited (totally workable imo) sound design potential: