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Originally Posted by Cootey
eReaders are notorious for crude, barebones typography. iPads and other tablets have higher density dpi, allowing for smoother anti-aliasing and better simulation of real book experiences in regards to layout, drop caps, titles, images, etc. Many of my peers are hardcore pbook readers, several of them authors, and they don't find the ebook experience to be a beautiful one. In my opinion, they are book snobs. Yet, if eReaders approached the dpi density of tablets, the ebook experience would be a more compelling one for them.
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Only the retina iPad mini has higher than 300 ppi and even then, not by much (iPad mini 2/3/4, 326 ppi). All other retina iPads have pixel density of 264 ppi (similar to the Kobo H2O, iirc).
It's the phones that have super high pixel density.