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
S24U user here. I have the grain, the awful banding on gradients, and a single shiny fleck when a light is shined on my screen which is concerning because it resembles a small crack one might get in their windshield.
My S24 Ultra's AOD clock does not change, no matter how many times I change it. What ever clock I have set on my lockscreen, it somehow becomes my AOD clock as well. Does this happen to any of you?
Do you have the same phone as I? I uninstalled and reinstalled ClockFace even before posting this question. Still doing the same thing. I don't know why
Coming from S22 Ultra, I don't see a big difference tbh. I can't even say that it's faster, maybe because I'm not a heavy gamer. The only games I play are word games. Camera is a bit better. Overall I don't see that big of a difference. Haven't tried any of the AI yet so I can't comment on that.
I broke the lens on my S22 Ultra and got a S24 Ultra as a replacement and I have to say I am not impressed...very disappointed that I can no longer customize my AOD... so I am right there with you
