With iPhone 5S, Apple has decided to retain 4-inch (diagonal) retina display which offers 1136x640 resolution, giving 326 pixels per inch. But the irony here is that Apple iPhone 5s' screen is very small for a 2013 smartphone, especially when you are charging consumers a premium pricing for it. At a time when phablets are gaining popularity among consumers, it becomes hard to digest the fact that your smartphone has only 4” screen. So can we expect bigger screen on Apple's 2014 iPhone (likely the iPhone 6)?
But having a 4” inch screen has its own benefits. It is easy to reach out across the screen with just one finger and you can easily do one-handed tap-typing on a smaller screen.
Overall, the screen display looks pretty good. Despite having a smaller canvas, both photos and video look crisp and colorful. The iPhone 5s comes with one of the brightest displays on a smartphone, which makes it a lot easier to view content even in direct sunlight. The color reproduction and general effect is perfect, but still there are better displays out there. HD movies still look acceptable on the device, but there are truly excellent displays on rivals like the LG G2.
