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
Ok man, I am not here to change your opinion. I'm glad you think it's fine for a company to release a product inferior to previous and not make it right or even acknowledge it. A community manager collecting likes on a single post does not even begin to cut it. I am not alone in this and Samsung is about to be swimming in S24 returns.
Samsung children have been released from the galaxy. **bleep** you at&t you are going to revolution court with the saint of the matrix. Die at&t die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Return the device, Samsung needs to feel the repercussions of being a lazy, shady company. Apple would have released a statement at the very least by now and I hate that company. Samsung is trash.
I think it's now time to start the returns. I just contacted Samsung support and they told me that the s24 ultra is supposed to look dull and muted as compared to the s23 Ultra. I think the only way this issue will be resolved is when a lot of returns start to happen.
You're right. There's thousands of comments from people experiencing the same problem. Samsung is ignoring it. ššš
Any half decent company would have released a statement already , to let the people who buy their products know what they are going to do or not. Either way.
Comparing the s24 with the s21,s22 and s23. You can't see that the s24's colours are duller? Also when you switch it from normal to vibrant nothing changes?
