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
It's beyond ridiculous!! All this talk about 2600 nits, anti reflective screen, high performance this and that all just to look at a washed out screen brighter, I guess... while I was transferring my files, I actually though my eyes were failing. Was thinking it's impossible that I'm seeing what I'm seeing.
Same here, what's weird is that I've watched multiple reviews before getting my phone with the tester phones samsung handed out to reviewers and nobody that I saw mentioned anything about this. Seems like the tester units worked better than the units they shipped to paying customers
I agree the screen is such a downgrade compared to my past phone. I immediately noticed it. I hope Samsung can fix this soon with a software update or send a replacement device.
I've read in multiple articles that the issue has to do with the "Vivid" mode not working correctly in the display settings. But it's speculation at this point I believe
I was just saying something to that effect in another post. People can side by side all they want. If we don't know the settings are the same we cannot make any informed decision. I also theorized it to be glitch in the software that hopefully samsung fixes it and does not sweep it under like a few of the other issues they've done just that with in the past.
Tech support just told me the developers have decided there's no issue with the screen, therefore they will NOT be releasing any kind off update to the software.
I think so too. I hope Samsung is aware that there are many issues with the display and not just the color issue. More people need to post about that issue too. Do you think all of these problems can be fixed with just a software update?
I hope it gets fixed tomorrow. I've been checking and checking for updates. I'm surprised Samsung hasn't really made an official statement on the issue, but the phone launches tomorrow and I'm sure all these issues will affect sales if it doesn't get fixed soon.
