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've upgraded my Samsung phone every year post Note series going away, and every S series and Note series for many years when both were available. And you're right, they have been dropping the saturation and I noticed it for sure on my S23 Ultra. I have them side by side and there is a very slight difference between the two, but as you said, nothing night and day. And certainly not nearly as much as people are saying in here.
It happens to my brand new S24 Plus too. The color looks so much washed out. I put S24 Plus, S23 Ultra and Pixel 8 side by side to compare, it's a huge difference. Waiting for Samsung to fix it with the new software update or I'll return it.
As of 1/31/2024 the developers are telling tech support no software update for the screen will be issued since the phone is exactly as designed. So according to Samsung nothing is wrong.
Theres two bugs. Some people are experiencing a bug that is producing actually washed out and grainy displays. Others aren't experiencing that bug but are seeing a different screen calibration than what they're used to that can't be changed because of a different bug.
I was just on the phone with tech support about the washed out colors.As of 1/31/2024 the developers are telling tech support no software update for the screen will be issued since the phone is exactly as designed. So according to Samsung nothing is wrong.
