The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a hand-held electronic device and a display method, the hand-held electronic device comprising an image processor configured to provide image data; a first display configured to display the first image based on the image data; a first optical system configured to receive light emitted from the first display and change the light path of the light emitted from the first display to form a first magnified virtual image, wherein the length of the light path between the first optical system and the first display is shorter than the focus of the first optical system; a first window configured to allow a viewer to see the first magnified virtual image through the first optical system when the viewer comes close to the first window.