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?! 🙂
Unpopular opinion, but I just don't have the same negative view of the display on the S24 Ultra. It looks very different from my S22 Ultra, but I don't think it's bad at all.
I want to say something to all the DISbelievers of the ICE UNIVERSE announcement.
Do you guys really think that HUGE tech media like GSMArena.com/Tom's Guide/PhoneArena/TechRadar/Android Authority and the like are going to release news that VIVID FIX will be there and put their reputation in doubt? 😄
If you really believe that, just don't ever comment on tech news never again, please. Thanks in advance.
What a bad argue. Same pages reported the issue has been addressed within Samsung just because of one screenshot of a support chat. And the headers are "... Could....".
Jeah tomorrow I could also buy an apple phone because Samsung has same price but doesn't deliver the quality.
So these pages just keep posting any content they can grab.
These sites will post anything for clicks. They're doing it because it's a hot topic, just like when they said there'd be no fix. Unless Samsung posts something via an official channel and not a leaker or tier 1 support agent then it's just hearsay-based click bait
Got mine the other day,very very disappointed! Screen looks like it is from a cheap phone, unbelievable! There is no fix no matter what you try,what they say.the only thing is to ise dark theme but that only helps with the menu(not videos pictures).Trash!!!!
FYI return period can be increased from 15 days to 30 days. From Samsung customer service rep. I am waiting as well. No update I can't see keeping the phone. Samsung's bright, colorful and vivid displays have been their trademark and what has "Always" set them apart from the rest. Until now.
