“Yesterday we emphasized the lack of an ambient light sensor in the 5th generation iPod touch after initially highlighting the omission in our iPod touch 5th gen review,” Jeff Benjamin reports for iDownload Blog.

“Now a reader claims to have emailed Apple’s SVP of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, and received a response explaining the drop of the sensor,” Benjamin reports. “The reason for the omission? It’s just too thin.”

Read more in the full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers "Brawndo Drinker" and "Carl H." for the heads up.]