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
Agree this is terrible... perfect photos get the Samsung treatment and turn my kid into a zombie... let us disable whatever these automated touchups are
There is a new setting in the display area called adaptive color tone which is much like true tone and changes color balance based on your surroundings and ambient light. It can give a yellowish tint or make the screen look washed out. Turn it off and your screen will be in all it's blue light glory!
Nope. I used that feature, and it's pretty cool for your eyes when in the dark... has nothing to do with the washed-out color.. My S22 Ultra screen looks gorgeous compared to this phone..
It's a bug issue with the Vivid option. It's across all 3 s24 phones, not just the ultra, so it has nothing to do with the reflective screen. Samsung is aware and hopefully will release a software patch next week when the phones release
