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
Part of the "problem" with the screen colors is that the S24 phones have a screen with a matte anti-glare finish to make it easier to see the screen and use the phone in bright light.
This has been a tradeoff since the earliest days of photography. Glossy, highly reflective images "pop", but can be harder to see in bright light because of reflections. Images with a matte finish are easier to see, but are not as vibrant.
For another opinion, watch this guy rave about how much he likes the anti-glare screen on his new S24 Ultra (at about 3:20)
Nothing to do with the anti-reflective screen, stop spreading false information. The S24 and S24+ also have this issue and they don't use the Armor/Anti-reflective glass. And apps like YT actually have the color pop. It's the underlining OneUI that has the issue with adjusting the vivid color.
My post was made with the best information I had available at the time. If I was mistaken, that's not the same thing as "spreading false information" and you know it.
If you have access to more accurate information, then why not just provide it instead of making baseless accusations against people who are trying to help out.
It does seem as if you are looking through a haze or something. Not as clear as my 21 ultra. But I kinda like the colors, they're not as oversaturated. This is only on apps though, they do tend to look washed on the lock and home screens. I used adb to put the display on amoled cinema on my 21, the oversaturated colors annoyed me. Reds looking pink and all
