iPhone Sensors

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Apple has carefully earned its reputation for sleek gadgets with the most innovative designs. With the launch of the iPhone, Apple has taken this reputation to greater heights. With the hype and all the media mileage that this new gadget has been receiving, it seems as if attention is greatly deserved. Truly, the presence of the new multi-touch technology is enough to get people talking and start dreaming of owning one. Not to mention the iPhone’s ability to provide the user with unrestricted internet access through its Mac OS X operating system and Safari web browser. However, attention to these features has greatly overpowered another key feature of the iPhone.

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Another technology that the iPhone possesses is equally important yet seems to be less appreciated. This has to do with the sensors that have the ability to detect changes with regard to the iPhone’s position and its environment. These sensors are very tiny yet are very powerful.

The three major sensors featured by the iPhone include an accelerometer, an ambient light sensor, and a proximity sensor.

The iPhone’s accelerometer gives it the ability to detect changes in the phone’s position. Depending on how it is held, the iPhone’s display will rotate either to portrait or landscape, fitting all its contents in a 3.5-inch screen. Because it changes the display according to original ratio, it does not distort images that will commonly be encountered when viewing web pages, videos, or photos.

Another one of the iPhone’s unique sensors include the proximity sensors. These detect the location of he iPhone with regard to the user’s skin. This means that when the user makes a call and hold the phone against his ear, the display will automatically be placed on standby mode. This is an important feature because it serves two functions. For one, shutting off the display when it is not needed saves battery power. Also, it avoids involuntary touches on the multi-touch screen which would be sensitive to even the skin on the user’s face. The display will automatically appear once more as soon as the iPhone is moved away from the user’s face.

Lastly, the iPhone’s ambient light sensor gives this gadget another feature to boast about. Through this sensor, changes in the phone’s environment are automatically detected and will adjust the display’s brightness to the appropriate level. Because of this, the iPhone’s display will never be too bright or too dim.

Although these sensors are not entirely new innovations, it is the first time in the mobile phone industry that they have been used to serve such functions. This definitely gives iPhone users so much more to brag about.

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