Phil Schiller Explains Why 5th Gen iPod touch Doesn’t Have Ambient Light Sensor
The 5th gen iPod touch, as you might have heard, doesn’t pack in an ambient light sensor, which means that it doesn’t support auto-brightness adjustment found in many other iOS devices, including the previous generation iPod touch.
The omission was puzzling, since Apple considered the feature important enough to include in practically all iOS products they’ve shipped till now. An email from Phil Schiller, in reply to a query made by an iPod touch buyer, explains Apple’s reasoning behind the decision to omit the ambient light sensor.
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