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
Samsung fridge is known to have issues with the icemaker and nothing was ever done. No recalls etc.. The only way to have your voice heard is to not settle for something you're not pleased with. Customer service is no help. If people keep the phone, Samsung has no obligation to fix this issue.
True in a way, but when considering upgrading after several years and trying to use the pre-order deal in conjunction with good trade-in value, making a $1200 phone $500, it is kind of a great opportunity to lose for many due to these issues.
One could simply return the device... I mean $$$$ talks. I don't send my trade in until know for sure I am keeping the device. I don't bother waiting for updates because they can't always push an update with the wave of hand.
I was thinking about this morning on my way to Verizon to return my Ultra. If Samsung wanted to go down a path of "less saturation" and escape the cartoony look that people have come to expect. Samsung should have reimagined their icons to a more refined look. They have had the same look forever. If they would have revamped all the UI to something completely different it would have been a welcome change to some IMO. Instead they just decreased saturation, without mentioning it in their unpacked event.
