Thread: 600 ppi this year or next? Good ereader speculates
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Old 01-27-2019, 10:47 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Look at the way resolution has changed over time:

Original Kindle (and many others): 169 ppi
Kindle PW (and others): 212 ppi
Kobo H2O: 248 ppi
Many modern devices: 300 ppi

To expect a sudden jump to 600 ppi seems illogical to me. If resolution does increase beyond 300 ppi, history suggests that it will do so gradually, not in a sudden quadrupling of pixel density.
Not that it matters, but the Aura HD also had 248ppi, and was released before the H2O.
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