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 totally get how youāre feeling about the grainy screen on your Galaxy S24+. Itās a real bummer when our gadgets donāt work as we expect, right? Especially when itās something like the display, which is so important. Youāre not alone - lots of folks have noticed this, especially in dark mode and when the brightness is turned down.
It might be something with the hardware, or maybe a software or firmware bug that could be fixed with an update.
you might want to contact the place where you bought your phone or the manufacturerās customer service. They might be able to repair or replace your phone. Hope this helps!
It's a hardware issue and confirmed by reviewing websites like toms guide, gsmarena, androidcentral and many many more. Some also tasted it under the microscope and confirmed its mura issue. It's very disappointing that we paid 1300+$ for a phone that has this problem. Some also said it could negatively affect our eyes on long-term use. So, I think it's time for samsung to do something. Otherwise, it would lose many of its loyal customers like me forever. We always trusted samsung and hope they would understand that this hardware defect is not acceptable at all for us.
Thank you for your reply and feedback. I can deal with not having the vivid/natural setting because it doesnāt bother me either way. But the grain just drives me bananas. However, I plan on returning my device to my carrier within my return period.
Samsung is adding a āVividness Sliderā to the Galaxy S24. This will let users adjust their screen colors. Itās coming in the February 2024 update.
I returned my device due to the grain. I'm sure they will release updates to fix the camera issues, lack of vividness etc. but I think the grain is a hardware defect.
