Kind of sucks, but I think they have to keep the difference between the iPhone and the iPod touch. The iPod touch 5 has the same screen as the iPhone 5, instead of a non-IPS display in the 4th gen.
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Phil Schiller Says New iPod Touch 'Too Thin' for Ambient Light Sensor
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The 5th gen iPod Touch was so thin it was uncomfortable to hold without a case (IMO anyway) - So what do they do? Sacrifice features to make it even thinner!
lying to myself? wow, pathetic apple fanboy who is controlled by the balls of Apple's marketing team
Sounds more like a cop out cost saving measure. Most cheap no name android devices have no ambient light sensor.
The one word that really got up my goat when Cook was doing the iPhone presentation was 'phenomenal'.... He said that word way too much. It actually made me think the same thing... That they were desperate to impress.
Not to mention the countless features and changes that made Apple products the huge successes that they are that Steve was fervently against until his employees argued him into submission.
It's not too thin. If they can fit a 5mp camera in it, which is use eccentually 5 million light sensors, they could easily fit in one more. What he meant to say was its too thin for an affordable light sensor, otherwise we would lose a few cents per device.
Not really, name a smartphone that's heavier than the 4S that's also a comprable size. Glass and stainless steel are heavy compared to plastic, that's just a fact.
I love my phone though and now the iPod Touch feels really thin and light because of that.
Also, next time I would appreciate capitalization, punctuation and a lack of ad hominem attacks. If I'm to respond to your ignorance then it's the least you could do.
No, it is only because you were so much in love with Steve Jobs, that his BS didn´t sound like BS to you.
But when Shiller or Forstall talk the same BS you realize how BS this BS is.
Hey, don't joke! Look what happened to the floppy drive and the optical media drive. If Apple decide we don't need it any more, we don't get it any more.
Um, the differences are: different processor, different cameras, one is a phone that can use a worldwide cellular system.
So they hardly needed to take out the light sensor to make sure the two products were 'different'. Lol
I think you meant to write "...and _how_ the iPod touch feels ..."
Note: pointing out grammatical errors in someone else's post just makes you sound like a pompous ******. Especially when you yourself make a grammitcal error in your response.
I don't understand YOU. Who cares the light sensor?
Auto-brightness feature is NOT AS SEXY AS THINNESS !!
As far I know, EVERYONE cares thickness. So, thickness over function-that-no-one-care, huh?
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Ah dang, and I was just about to buy a new iPod touch to go along with my iPhone 4S. Thanks to your comment, I now realize that wouldn't make sense!
I want the iphone to be that thin too.
If you want it thicker in exchange for a better battery, then buy a damn case with a battery in it.
I hate the auto-dim. Its constantly making bad choices.
And I'm ready to give up the built in headphone jack. bluetooth is a pretty good answer now. And a hardwire adapter through the lightning connector could be an alternate for people who have specific headphone tastes.
If you want it thicker in exchange for a better battery, then buy a damn case with a battery in it.
I hate the auto-dim. Its constantly making bad choices.
And I'm ready to give up the built in headphone jack. bluetooth is a pretty good answer now. And a hardwire adapter through the lightning connector could be an alternate for people who have specific headphone tastes.
It is too thin
I would have preferred that they stay with the same thickness and keep the ALS and increase the battery.
I would have preferred that they stay with the same thickness and keep the ALS and increase the battery.
I'm fine with this...
Personally the ambiant light sensor was not a grand feature, and if in making things smaller it gets lost, that's a choice that Apple had to make. They sat in a room and decided it wasn't important. If that IS something you feel is important, then by all means let them know, and it will come back next time.
Apple is moving in a direction, you think that thinner isn't the answer, but I believe it is the future. Soon we'll expect these devices to be wearable (and hidden), then we'll expect them to be almost invisible. At some point we're going to have flexible paper thin devices that roll up or something, in order to get to that point, we have to continue to make the components thinner.
Personally the ambiant light sensor was not a grand feature, and if in making things smaller it gets lost, that's a choice that Apple had to make. They sat in a room and decided it wasn't important. If that IS something you feel is important, then by all means let them know, and it will come back next time.
Apple is moving in a direction, you think that thinner isn't the answer, but I believe it is the future. Soon we'll expect these devices to be wearable (and hidden), then we'll expect them to be almost invisible. At some point we're going to have flexible paper thin devices that roll up or something, in order to get to that point, we have to continue to make the components thinner.
Somebody needs to lay off the coffee...
Anyway did you miss the part where I explained that the argument about the thickness is a lie anyway.
Finally, no everyone doesn't "cares thickness" the last iPod Touch was uncomfortably thin and light and so is the new one so I wouldn't buy it anyway. Absolutely terrible ergonomics.