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DNSB · 11-01-2020, 11:51 AM

Very probably what you are looking at are the IR LEDs used for the touch screen. The Touch has never had an illuminated screen in any of it's 3 variants. There is also the point that a backlight would not work since the eInk screen is opaque.

11-01-2020, 11:51 AM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 47,125 Karma: 169815798 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Very probably what you are looking at are the IR LEDs used for the touch screen. The Touch has never had an illuminated screen in any of it's 3 variants. There is also the point that a backlight would not work since the eInk screen is opaque.