I was looking for a display with decent resolution/size ran by ili9341 but when going higher than 320×240, 3.2”, only ili9488 is available (unsure if esp8266 is able to hit 9488, just 9341 ...

The 16×2 LCD display is a classic in the microcontroller world, and for good reason. Add a couple of wires, download a library, mash out a few lines of code, and your project has a user interf… ...