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
Agreed same issue on my S24 Ultra that i had just received. There is no difference between vivid and Natural mode. Screen in S20 FE 5G is better than the S24 Ultra
I saw a guy on YouTube yesterday and talked about adjusting the contrast. There is a setting in the Developer setting called "contrast" you adjust the contrast setting to high. This may help some vivid mode.
If true this actually gives me less confidence in the product and makes me less satisfied with my purchase as it means the dull colors is intentional and maybe they forgot to take out the vivid color option with how small the differences are
Just what does this mean? I like the way the display looks on my older S22 ultra. I'm disappointed in Samsung. You need to fix this issue. Give the user an option if you want a more natural look or a screen that pops with bright, vibrant colors. I don't like the way the dull screen is on the S24 ultra. I'm considering returning the phone.
what a joke of a company and a reply, if vivid option is not fixed on the day 1 patch lots of people are going to be returning there phones and I hope samsung gets the message
I got S24 Ultra, coming from iPhone 15 Pro Max. I don't see anything wrong with it. Sounds like some folks are just never happy no matter how much they are catered to.
