I've just got my S24+ today to upgrade my trusty but ageing S10+ having not strayed from Samsung for almost 10 years. Naturally I was hoping it would be an upgrade in all departments but although on the whole it is, there's several annoying and unexpected downgrades that are making me seriously question whether it's actually worth spending quite a bit of money to change.
Firstly, the screen although pin sharp is really washed out. Even in vivid mode the colours are dull and the blacks are significantly more grey than the S10 screen, and even look washed out when put alongside my wife's budget spec A52! I've played around with brightness and colour tone etc but I can't dial it out, and my cousin who's got an S24 Ultra said exactly the same when comparing it against the S22 it's replacing.
Then there's some bizarre features missing from OneUI 6.1, the ones I've noticed so far are specifically in the Always On Display settings. I use AOD to display as a bedside clock, with my S10 and also in OneUI 6.0 / Android 14 on the A52 you can rotate the AOD to landscape orientation and control the brightness, you could even do the latter from the AOD lock screen by tapping twice on the clock to access the brightness slider. In OneUI 6.1 unless I'm missing something it seems all that functionality is missing, the brightness of the AOD is linked to the main screen brightness setting which is far too bright for overnight use, and you can't set it to landscape mode which I'd prefer when on it's horizontal night stand next to the bed. Why this functionality would be omitted I have no idea, but it's really annoying! Please someone enlighten me to some hidden menu somewhere that fixes all these issues?! 🙂
It's not smart switch others who didn't use it or having the problem on rddit, there is no way of changing these terrible colors in settings samsung better fix vivid option
I have the same issue. But the issue seems not to be there when watching HDR content on YouTube or Netflix. So my guess is Thats it's a software problem and not a hardware problem. Because the screen looks perfect when watching hdr content.
I just did this. Watched a hdr video on YouTube and WOW. What a remarkable difference. It looks gorgeous. Absolutely convinced now this is a software issue.
I'm so upset about this "upgrade". Last year I upgraded from S22 Ultra to S23, and I was shocked when I saw the screen colours difference between the S22 and S23, the S23 looked so washed out in comparison with S22.
This year, I bought the S24 Ultra hoping Samsung might have fixed the issue, but to my sad surprise, the S24 ultra is much more washed out in comparison with S23, and if I compare it with the S22 ultra (which is my son's phone now) the colour difference is day and night!!! Although the S22 ultra is being used since 2 years now and should be loosing some of its brightness. The disaster is that nobody talks about the issue, all youtubers are so amazed about this phone and it's "fantastic" screen. I will wait a few days, and if Samsung doesn't fix the issue I will return the phone and stick to my S23.
It is the new Corning Gorilla Armor glass, it reduces reflections. I have played with S24U I love the new screen. I knew there would be problems for some who love the over-saturation of Samsung panels.
A lot of people don't like washed-out colors on a vibrant OLED screen. Just go back to LCD and enjoy the limited range of colors. I'm guessing the people who like the more natural look abhor HDR.
