4k display on a smartphone: is it worth the upgrade?

Nowadays, you can see many smart phone brands in the market. Apple, Samsung, Sony, LG,… are the big brands. Smaller brands such as Huawei or Xiaomi are emerging every day, not to mention the brands you may never hear of. So, in a market with high competition, the devices need more and more unique features to catch the attention. One of them is smartphones with 4k display. However, the question is: Does 4k display make any difference?

Much to how attractive and appealing a smart phone with 4k display sounds, there are as many reasons you do not need it, yet.

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium will be the first 4k UHD smartphone in the market

Top 5 reasons why you don’t need 4k display on smartphones yet

1. You probably won’t notice the difference between FHD & 4k display

Yes, admit it. Everyone else does. Except if you have super eyes, you will not notice any difference between a FHD and a 4k display. Therefore, why bother?

2. 4k display consumes more power, while your phone battery is still not enough

4k display is a technology that eats away your battery. To run it efficiently, either your phone has to have large battery capacity (such as 6000mAh) or you do not use it at all.

3.  Current processor might overwork

As stated above, since this is a new feature on smartphones, your current processor might have not been made for this yet. Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 or even Samsung Exynos may not even handle 4k display probably.

4. Not much 4k content nowadays yet

Much of the content at the moment only support HD to Full HD resolution, 2k is rare, and 4k is super rare.

5. You don’t use a VR device

Most 4k display comes with support for VR devices, such as a VR headset. However, will you carry a VR headset around just to enjoy a limited amount of 4k content? Probably no.

With all 5 reasons above, you can now imagine why most people won’t focus on 4k display on a smartphone, yet. However, as technology is constantly changing, we do not know if 4k display will be the trend, or become just a normal specs on smartphones. Whatever, having a 4k display still seems great, and if mobile manufacturers can make money from a unique feature, then they will sport it on their devices.