iPod touch iPod Touch 5th Gen - Ambient Light Sensor?

[Xeblade]

Hi all!

I bet everyone is feeling the buzz for the new iPod Touch!

Awhile ago I noticed that the 5th gen tech specs didn't have the Ambient Light Sensor listed but the 4th gen did. I was a bit sad because I find it extremely useful for auto adjusting and have found it horribly annoying to change it manually.

However, today I was reading about the 5th gen benchmarks on this page:
http://www.macotakara.jp/blog/iphone/entry-17952.html
I noticed that the "Ambient Light Sensor" has a tick next to it.

Does anyone know for sure if it has it or not?

EDIT: According to the new User Guide, the 5th gen does NOT have the Ambient Light Sensor. What a bummer

 

[Project538]

Hi all!

I bet everyone is feeling the buzz for the new iPod Touch!

Awhile ago I noticed that the 5th gen tech specs didn't have the Ambient Light Sensor listed but the 4th gen did. I was a bit sad because I find it extremely useful for auto adjusting and have found it horribly annoying to change it manually.

However, today I was reading about the 5th gen benchmarks on this page:
http://www.macotakara.jp/blog/iphone/entry-17952.html
I noticed that the "Ambient Light Sensor" has a tick next to it.

Does anyone know for sure if it has it or not?

While I can't say for sure, I would be very very surprised if Apple took that out for the 5th generation. If it's any consolation, I looked at the tech specs for the 2nd gen touch and it's not listed there either, but I know for certain that my 2nd gen touch has a light sensor. It's pretty much a standard feature now, maybe they decided it was okay to stop listing it?

 

[archurban]

of course, it has.

 

[caramelpolice]

The user guide confirms it does not.

 

[gladoscc]

THERE IS NO AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR

Apple is greedy.

 

[honem]

If that's a screenshot from a app that lists an iPod features I would believe that over a user guide.

It may just be an omission in the user guide that they have to update it for.

Which are you going to believe.... a user guide that may of missed it out by mistake ?

Or an app that calls API calls in the hardware itself to ask the iPod directly if it has that feature?

 

[caramelpolice]

If that's a screenshot from a app that lists an iPod features I would believe that over a user guide.

It may just be an omission in the user guide that they have to update it for.

Which are you going to believe.... a user guide that may of missed it out by mistake ?

Or an app that calls API calls in the hardware itself to ask the iPod directly if it has that feature?

I'm going to trust the device itself not having an auto-brightness feature.

 

[stiligFox]

Whaaaaat. No seriously, what is this I don't even. Apple has included the ambient light sensor since the first iPod touch, WTF is this all about?

 

[honem]

I'm going to trust the device itself not having an auto-brightness feature.

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Yeah I saw that after I posted.

Was going to edit it but forget

It could be a bug in iOS 6 not presenting the option for it you never know

 

[Aspasia]

The user guide confirms it does not.

Where did you get a copy of the user guide? Checked Apple this morning and could only find one for the 4th generation Touch.

 

[caramelpolice]

Where did you get a copy of the user guide? Checked Apple this morning and could only find one for the 4th generation Touch.

It's on the iBooks store.

 

[Aspasia]

It's on the iBooks store.

Thanks. Downloaded to my iPad.