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 a matter of preference is all, no offense to those who prefer a more natural color pallette. If Samsung decided to do away with the Natural mode in favor of more vibrant colors would you still be happy with the device? Respectfully
For almost a decade there was no option for natural colors on a Samsung device. If you bought a Samsung you expected the poppy colors and glossy displays. This is the first time they went matte and gave us more natural colors than even the toggle gave us.
Agreed and for me this was their main selling point. The 1st time I saw the Samsung display some almost 15 years ago I said "Wow" and was hooked and never looked back. And in my opinion their color saturation has never been (over the top) it's been merely more vibrant and alive.
Don't expect the display on the Ultra to look similar to the S23U display. Since it is Matte the saturation isn't going to over the top. Matte displays are great for offices, outdoors, and reduce eye strain. Glossy is great for things like photos, and video editing, but it does increase eye strain, and reflections/glare. If they could do a mix of both and had the patent Corning would corner the glass market.
I just purchased a S24 Ultra. I am having a hard time liking this phone because I am big into displays. I have tried every option in the display settings. The colors, even on vivid, are so faded and washed out. There's absolutely no vibrancy to the colors. I am thinking about returning the phone unless an update to make the screen better comes out. I can't stand this washed out screen. PLEASE FIX
