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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
It's probably because 1264 is a multiple of 16. Most video compression techiques divide images into 16x16 squares, so displays tend to be multiples of 16 pixels. Although an e-reader isn't used for watching video, it's probably more efficient for things like image scaling when you're looking at book covers full screen. It may also be more efficient for the factory to produce the display panels that way.
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That explains 7" and 8" eReaders. But what about 6" width 1080px, 6.8" width 1236px, 7.8" 1404px? The width of hese eReaders can not be divided by 16.