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
Technically and narrowly speaking, yes... "silent updates" can be a thing. It's called CI/CD (continuous improvement/continuous development), and it's ubiquitous in software development.
But is it happening to the S24 Ultra's color config? Not likely, but one way to tell is by checking the baseband version in the Software Information section. Right now, the most current one for the S24U ends in "AWM9." If yours is different, then you might be onto something. Otherwise, it's likely that you're just adjusting to the less saturated colors (and they still are less saturated, as of today).
I agree that the display isn't what it used to be and most of us that have had samsung phones for years notice it. If samsung is leaning towards a more natural color tone then that's fine but give us the option to customize. This isn't apple and we paid alot for these devices. Most of us know what samsung Amoled displays are capable of so just give us another display option pleaseš. Natural, vivid, Amoled vibrant and I believe this would make everyone happy.
Thr Vivid screen is one of the reason I buy Samsung phones. I like the Vivid display over the muted Apple screen. Let us pick what we want. You could also make it dynamic so when you are in the Camera\Gallery app its standard and everything else Vivid.
I really don't like how pictures and videos look with this phone. Dark and lifeless. IPhone users even noticed! When I send the picture or video go someone else, looks great on their phones.. Except mine. I need vivid all the way accross. It's a mess!
