IPhone 6 screen quality worse than 4S?

My wife and I got our iPhone 6's a few days ago and I noticed that the screen quality on either is not as good as that of our previous iPhone 4S'. What I can only describe as a uniform netting/screen door/pixel grid pattern is easily visible over the entire screen from 8 inches away and worse closer up. It makes everything seem blurrier and colors not as solid. It is most pronounced when viewing a lot of white/grey/light colors (Settings, Mail, etc) and seems to be worsened when viewing slightly off-angle. I thought the Retina Display "PPI" remained the same as the smaller 4S/5S iPhone screens, so it can't be a resolution issue. Did we both get junk screens? Do good ones exist? Nobody else seems to be posting about this issue.
I'm really getting tired of every new Apple product launch having some sort of Achilles heel that has to be corrected by swapping hardware until one worthy of the price paid is obtained. Is this another case of that? Do you see this on your new phone as well? Most people probably won't even notice or care, I understand. But is this seriously the screen that we all get and have to live with? Like the hollow/plasticky iPad Air screen? It's supposed to be better, right? Should I bother going through the exchange gauntlet? Has anybody else done so?
So... has anyone else noticed this, and is it bothering you as much as me? I can't enjoy this expensive new phone knowing I can constantly see what I consider a major downgrade from my old phone.

Personally, I find the screen resolution on both our iPhone 6, to be a step above our iPhone 5.  So, I'm not seeing what you're seeing, that's for sure.

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