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
The difference is huge. Even my S21 ultra has much vibrant colors than S24 ultra. I did all the settings checks but the screen is quite dull when compared to S21 Ultra. Go and check the videos on YouTube, see side by side comparison between S24ultra and previous ultra series.
For few, it improved after turning off comfort shield, for others it didn't. I tried on my S24 ultra but it didn't resolve this issue.
Same here. My issue is not the vivid colors. With all display settings turned off, compared with my old S21 ultra and S10, the colors on S24 ultra are too washed out. Gonna probably return the phone.
I keep seeing people parroting things like this. Care to link the proof? To my knowledge Samsung has not officially acknowledged this issue officially anywhere.
That's not what tech support just told me. 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.
