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Originally Posted by Barbara1955
And yet the HDX Flew off their shelves... too high priced for ME, tho had I knew it had the 300 PPI I would have figured a way to buy one. OOOO I Didnt NEED it back then!
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Depends on the value of "flew off".
Once Amazon stopped trying to compete at the high end of the tablet market their sales balloned to where they're third globally and tops come the holiday season.
Remember, the purpose of Amazon hardware is to promote their content ecosystem; subscriptions ideally (KU, Prime, Freetime, etc) or discrete sales Kindle store. The hardware sells cheap because it sells at minimal margin and they make the money when people use it.
As it stands there are few small tablets above 1280 resolution. And they're not cheap. It's not Amazon alone. The market has effectively standardized on 1024 for 7in and 1280 for larger. Full HD is rare even on affordable 10in tablets.
The people buying tablets today just aren't as interested is resolution as on speed and storage.
Check this to see what the Android market looks like at 8in;
https://joyofandroid.com/best-8-inch-android-tablet/
This one is actually available:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/b011tvf5qc/tag=crazya0d5-20
Its older than the Fire Tablets because that class of Abdroid tablet doesn't move fast.
Your best bet for a more modern high res small tablet is the iPad mini or a large phone. if you get the phone unlocked it can be used as a wifi tablet.
Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/samsung-a20s-...wirelesssr=1-6
My own preference is full HD so I waited for a sale on the HD10 but even that is nowhere near 300dpi. Not that it needs it since the ebook apps I use all use subpixel addressing to effectively double text resolution.
If 300dpi or better text is a must, well, there's still eink.
(The latest Paperwhite is fast, sharp, and light. So are most Kobos.)