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?! š
Mhmm. What I don't understand is that the AMOLED 2x is *supposed* to be better than what my Galaxy S9+ has, which is the Super AMOLED. It's not just about matte vs. glossy screens. The tech is literally meant to provide more vibrancy, wider array of colors, contrast, etc. regardless. That is why this is so disappointing.
I have the same issue here on the S24 Plus. I also already sent an error report. I see a lot of people having this issue so I think it's a software calibration issue. Hoping they fix it ASAP because I'm used to the vibrant colors on vivid mode and this looks horrible.
Same here. As I've mentioned in my replies to previous comments, the specs on the S24 series are meant to be even better with Dynamic AMOLED regardless of if our screens are meant to be matte.
This is extremely disappointing .. I traded in my samsung z flip which is much better than s24 ultra display. Samsung is know for the vibrant display but this really sucks
