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
My S24+ is also dull. I bought it in part because I have low vision. Higher resolution and more nits than my S22+, but a disappointment regarding crisp, vivid colors. If an update is not eminent, the phone is going back to T-Mobile.
I'm hearing and hoping it's a software issue because it takes away from the phone completely. I like the phone a lot but not having a vibrant screen is annoying me. It's not the anti reflective screen because it's happening across all 3 Samsung phones. The s24, the plus, and the Ultra. Hopefully, on the 31st, they'll have a fix.
I don't know. Compared to my 21 ultra it doesn't seem as clear, kinda like looking through a haze or something. But on apps the colors look great. Not as oversaturated like on my 21
Yea the color on my phone is hazy and dull. I'll give it a week or so, see if they patch it up. I read Samsung UK is aware of the problem and says they're working on a fix so hopefully it's the same here. I don't want to send this phone back and they end up patching it. I'll be mad. Lol
Hello, I just got my S24 Ultra, coming from an S22 Ultra and the picture on the S24 ultra is god awful. I don't know what they did but it's so bad, I want to give the phone back to samsung. I put the 22 and 24 side by side and the S24 looks absolutely horrendous display wise.
The S24 display seems very dull and faded and has almost half the saturation as my S22. I absolutely hate it. Anyone else experience this? Side by side the S22 display just blows the S24 display out of the water.
