Apple newest iPod touch is probably the thinnest and the most advanced iPod touch yet. Per reports, Apple has removed the previously found ambient light sensor from the latest iPod touch.

The new iPod boasts a 4-inch display, an A5 chip and an incredibly small form. However, if compared with its predecessors, it's not really an upgrade for the customers who decide to opt for the device. Comparing the new iPod touch with the Apple-made iPhone, the device only nearly matches up with its smartphone counterpart. However, when considering features like the amount of ROM and the A5 SoC, it seems that the iPod will play second fiddle to the smartphone.

Now, per reports, Apple has decided to do away with the light sensor technology, which could be considered as a serious downgrade from the previous iPod touch models. As the new iPod touch no longer possesses an ambient light sensor, it means that now it won't be able to adjust screen brightness, depending upon the brightness detected from the surrounding area. Users can expect to spend some time manually adjusting the brightness in the new iPod.

Now this problem would never have risen in the first place had Apple not introduced the ambient light sensor in its previous iPod touch models. However, following the technology's arrival in the previous models, it gave fans and users expectations of getting even more out of the later releases.

GigaOM was the first to notice the change in the new iPod touch. According the report, Kevin Tofel of GigaOM, after noticing the change, thought that his iPod may be broken although that was not the case. The problem, he states, "is that I expected certain features from the old iPod touch to still be in this new model and there's one - a key one, in my opinion - that's actually a downgrade from the fourth-gen iPod touch. There's no ambient light sensor in Apple's new iPod touch."

"Typically, I keep my device brightness at low levels while indoors but still use auto-brightness, mainly to save on battery life. So when I went for the mail this past Saturday while reading an article on the new iPod, the screen quickly became unreadable when I stepped outside," he added. "I figured I either didn't have the auto-brightness setting on or it wasn't working - actually, that was my first thought: The sensor was broken. Unfortunately, since I couldn't read the screen, it was impossible to even find the Settings icon."

However, Apple's own iPod touch product specs page also seems to confirm the problem, stating that Apple did not pack an ambient light sensor into their new iPod touch, mostly to save space and cut costs.