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
It is for real. Ice Universe is a very accurate leaker, especially on Samsung info. He's not even cautious in his phrasing so he's definitely very sure of that info and added a photo to show this is probably a leak from a Samsung insider š
This would be great. I already called Samsung and T-Mobile and initiated the return process for my S24 Ultra, but if this fix would come out soon and works as well as it's being described, I would cancel my return.
not sure what that mean its goin to be software releated or next batch of production phones. to be the common sense say software. but . still time to not returning my s24u yet. ehh
It wouldn't make sense for the newest batch of S24 series to have an option and a firmware previous S24 batches don't have. So this coming to every device through an update is what makes the most sense.
I just recent switched to the Samsung s24 ultra from the note 20 and I used the AOD on my note 20 to stay on all the time and had it on the brightest level so I can see it in the dark and I also had a picture of my son instead of just a downloaded AOD!! Now I'm unable to do either, and it seems like the lock screen is connected to the AOD!! Had very high hopes when I saw this phone being advertised!! Hopefully, they can update this feature for this phone very soon!! I've always bought samsung phone and I nvr been disappointed until now! I'm a very disappointed customer!!
Wow indeed. My new S24 Ultra screen has a grey white haze, colors are washed out and dull, do not pop, no deep color depth at all. I'm coming from the S22 Ultra, they better fix this!
S10+ and S24 Ultra I have both. Using the S10+ because it has the more pleasing display. An update is the decider on whether I return S24. People want to be happy with their phones because of the overwhelming amount of time we spend on them.
Let's hope this happens soon. And it would be great if they added back the AOD brightness adjustment feature also. I can not even see it in the dark, which makes it useless.......
Samsung, since their very inception were known for their bright and colorful displays. The 1st time I saw a samsung phone some 15+ years ago I said "Wow" and fell in love. In the beginning there was no option to switch display modes the displays came default vibrant and beautiful. And never in an (over-the- top) type of way just a pleasing color saturation and pallette. I think this is why there has been such upset in the samsung mobile community. For the Samsung "purists" where it's been Samsung or nothing we are disappointed that what most attracted us to the phone has been arbitrary taken away.
