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
Since AOD is pretty much not customizable like it used to be, pretty useless... Unless using Goodlock and Lockstar. Now that I can have my calendar back in my AOD, changes won't stick,and AOD goes back to default, which also turns on lockscreen wallpaper and can't be turned off. Please fix! Lockscreen wallpaper makes my phone bright! And I need to sleep at night!
I know this had been brought up, but I feel like we need to keep talking about it until the provide a fix. I don't want to have to return my S24 Ultra but the AOD being super dim is driving me crazy. And the clock doesn't even roam. I don't understand why they would remove that feature and add a stupid wallpaper. I don't want a wallpaper on my AOD screen. Samsung fix this!!! I'm on a call and just noticed the AOD doesn't stay on like the s23 ultra.
It's driving me crazy too. I'm about ready to send my S24 Ultra back just because of that. And I also noticed the clock doesn't roam. I don't even keep my AOD on because of that. I'm worried the image might burn into the screen. I don't like that at all. I want to use my AOD.
I don't care about the less vivid colors on the S24 Ultra as much as I care about the Always On Display. I think the screen still looks great without all the cartoon colors. But Samsung, PLEASE fix the Always On Display so I can adjust the brightness and so my themes look how they are supposed to look. I downloaded a theme which was a smiley face and in the sample before I actually applied it to my Always On Display, the time was yellow, but when I applied it, the time was white and I can't change it. Please fix it so I can adjust the brightness, add my own photos and change the color of the time.
Samsung, what are ya'll doing?! Ya'll was so focused on all this AI stuff, ya'll neglected the stuff we love.
I'm about to send this phone back. This Always On Display thing is really bothering me.
Yes...I hope they at least give the option to keep it like it was. I'm not sure why change it in the first place. The coloured notifications are such a plus for me. I kept my Note 20 for this reason too.
