Perhaps, but I didn't see anything to that effect in his text. His comment about there being "too many" sensors that he didn't even know the function of, or se

Perhaps, but I didn't see anything to that effect in his text. His comment about there being "too many" sensors that he didn't even know the function of, or seem to appreciate the presence of at all, seems to contraindicate your assumption. Consumer electronics are generally made cheaply, so they don't put sensors in there for no reason at all. Usually there's a very good reason they're in there.