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 doesn't work at all. I think the problem is the display panel. I'm still waiting a few more days. If they won't fix it, I'll return the phone. I'm so disappointed after over a decade sticking with Samsung phone from the S6 series.
Right on, I've just been trying things to try and improve the quality. Would be nice if Samsung would say one way or the other if it's something they can correct or not.
This is a helpful post. The biggest change is from white balance and developers contrast. That accessibility setting for high contrast fonts is an absolute no go for me. But still not as much difference as good old toggling from Natural to Vivid. And isn't it ridiculous that we have to change all these settings just to get some of our vividness back, when every phone since at least the S10 had the option to toggle to Vivid with it actually being vivid?
Yeah, that's being reported over continuously. Supposedly the displays have been made for a more natural look now but hopefully they reinstate the old vivid options
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And is a big difference, its noticeable. I'm not an expert talking about displays, but I consider this an step back. Thankfully I haven't trade it in yet and I still have the option to return the S24 Ultra.
Is there an update that fix this problem and see vibrant/ colorful display on Galaxy S24 Ultra before the return period?
