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
This phone has an anti reflective screen with a matte finish to help make it easier to see in bright daylight. Some people are theorizing that this may be affecting the way the colors look.
Agreed. Had the same experience with the screen on my new S24 Ultra. The screen is so dull and muted. Next to my S21 Ultra and my iPhone 15 Plus, the S24 Ultra screen colors look terrible. So disappointing. I was so excited to get this new phone, but with the screen like this, I would rather continue using my S21 Ultra. I hate when companies take something great and make it worse on a new version. I buy Samsungs for the OLED display, but this S24 Ultra screen looks terrible, like a 10 year old LCD screen. I hope they can fix it with software updates, otherwise I'm returning this phone.
