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 just got my S24 Ultra and noticed the same thing. And it's not the display. If I take pictures with the S24 of my S22 Ultra in vivid mode and natural mode, you can see the difference in the pictures on the S24. So the display will show vivid colors, but it will not do it on its own. If no fix comes soon, I will be returning it.
Exactly the same issue. We are so accustomed to Samsung putting out vivid bright displays, that this S24 ultra screen feels like a massive disappointment. Hope Samsung can push out some communication immediately to avoid bulk returns and also hopefully it's a SW fix and not the anti glare screen causing this issue. Honestly, it is terrible and feels like a BIG downgrade. My S21 ultra is starting to feel like a much better phone.
It's not just the ultra I have an s24 base and my friend has an s24 plus that both came in today and they're severely washed out. We even checked out this video called The world in HDR on YouTube that we used to test stuff and all the colors on their lack any depth scene on our tab S9 series tablets. It's actually appalling how much worse and pale the display is. If this isn't resolved by January 31st to February 1st I'm going to return this and just get an s23 instead
