Without knowing the vintage of your iPhone or which iOS version in has,
some details that may allow you to adjust dim-to-bright, may vary in use.
The battery life may be lengthened by some minutes if the version iOS
and iPhone model are recent enough to use the 'dim feature'. And a
newer iPhone may have longer battery-life due to a larger battery cell.
Also there are some newer Apps to control the Flashlight feature; so
better ideas than recently built-in ones may be possible. Not sure if
this other idea (from last year) below, would even be in your phone.
"All iPhone models running any vaguely new iOS version has the flashlight feature, but the ability to adjust the flash-
light brightness is a new feature that is limited to 3D Touch equipped iPhone models with the latest versions of iOS."
"Adjusting the iPhone Flashlight brightness intensity requires an iPhone with a modern iOS release of 10.0 or later
and 3D Touch capabilities, meaning a 6s, 7, or better.
- Swipe up from the bottom of iPhone to access Control Center as usual
- 3D Touch on the Flashlight button to access the three brightness intensity options: Bright Light, Medium Light, Low Light"
~ this quote from: http://osxdaily.com/2016/10/16/use-iphone-flashlight-adjust-brightness/
{While mine's comparatively ancient iPhone (5c) it was able to use the iOS
10.3.2 upgrade; the hardware does not support multiple-intensity output.
And the 5c model won't likely see an upgrade next go around to iOS11.}
Hopefully you'll be able to ration the battery life while retaining an ability to
use the cellular network should a need arise to place a call. ~ I often carry a
small flashlight in my pocket; & two in winter, plus an extra set of batteries.
Long-life low-power LED lights make best use of limited battery resources.
Good luck in any event...! 🙂