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Originally Posted by Quoth
The eink is front lit, but uses LEDs if the ambient light isn't enough. Colour eink needs the LEDs.
There are LED & OLED as good or better than eink in situations where the eink needs the front light (almost always for colour models).
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But sadly, those LED and OLED screens suck power with enthusiasm compared to an eInk screen.
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