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Originally Posted by haydnfan
Seems like an odd conclusion to declare the death of the 167 ppi screen when the Kindle 10 must outsell the Pocketbook by a hundred to one. I mean who even owns a Pocketbook??
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More people own PocketBooks than you might think. PocketBook has about 80% of the Russian market, for example. But recently Tolino also replaced their 167 ppi bottom of the line reader with a 212 ppi one. I'm guessing the top 5 brands are (in order) Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Nook and Tolino (maybe Tolino than Nook?). Since Tolino Page 2s and PocketBook Basics sell cheaply (even though they've moved up to 212 ppi) it wouldn't cost that much for Amazon to do the same. It looks like they've quietly started producing 8 GB Kindle Basics instead of 4 GB, maybe they'll quietly start making 212 ppi Kindle Basics as well.