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
I am very upset that the screen on my s24 ultra is so dull compared to my s21 ultra. The cool jazz font is no longer available. The screen in my s21 ultra looks 10x better that the s24 ultra. I also notice that the front facing camera is less megapixels than on my s21 ultra. I am very disappointed that a phone that cost so much money would do so much downgrading. If you're going to create a new phone, stop fixing what isn't broken, and fix what is. I now don't want to get rid of my s21 ultra but used it as a trade-in for the $1,000 credit for the s24 ultra. I'm also disappointed in the fact that the dark mode doesn't look truly like dark mode in my s24u. I enjoy the stark contrast. Samsung. Please listen to your customers. If I'm going to upgrade my phone I want it to look better than my old one, not worse.
I just got my S24 Ultra and thr wallpaper and lock screen look as though they have a haze or tint. It is very dull. Anyone else have this problem? Did you find a fix?
I am in west coast. Got mine on Jan. 27. Screen looks washed out. Very disappointed when I compared it with my S23U. Went to check other s24 series phones kept on display at BestBuy store and found the same issue with each of them. Reported it to the samsung guy there. Hope Samsung comes with the fix soon else I am going to stay with S23U.
