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
Where are all of you who didn't believe and said Vividness was a lie? Why did you hide in a corner and now keep quiet and not be so bold to comment on how it's a hoax?
Well, it's not hurting me.. It's pain for Samsung. I sent it back and spend the money for something nice and keep my s23 ultra.
Communication is King.
Have fun with the S24 ultra... Bet the slider won't work 100% like the classic vivid mode.. But I hope all the best for all users since I want to jump on it with the S25 ultra though.
Nobody is hiding. I'll be just as "bold" as I was before. That display was a massive disappointment and Samsung did an awful job communicating with its customer base. We shouldn't have to rely on leakers over official channels for support updates. Your Samsung fanboyism is pretty cringey. Might wanna reel it in.
But they literally just released an official update regarding this yesterday...a mere 2 weeks after the official release of the phone. Just because it didn't fit into your timeline, they did an awful job communicating?
I'm pretty sure they had to collect feedback, discuss a solution, implement that solution and then do some testing. I think 2 weeks is pretty darn good to do all of that imo.
