I was looking at the Nexus S 4G the other day, and asked the sales guy why the buttons weren't lighting up. He said someone must have played with the configuration and turned it off. I was back in looking today, and spoke with a woman who bought one last week. She said there is no backlight on the buttons.

Is that really the case? They're awfully hard to see without any backlight.

 

Thanks! I guess someone did configure it off on the demo phone at the store.