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 have been seeing/hearing that Samsung is working on a fix for "washed out/dull colors", but what about the AOD, Samsung? As far as I'm concerned, there are more issues with the AOD than with the colors. I think the colors are fine once you change the resolution to QHD and turn the brightness up. They are less vivid than previous models, but less vivid doesn't mean the colors are washed out or even dull. Now, the AOD has serious issues and features missing from previous models. You can't adjust the brightness. The clock doesn't roam. Themes that you set on your AOD don't show in full color like it shows in the sample before you apply them. You can't add your own picture (without using Goodlock). Notifications overlap widgets on AOD if you have widgets on your lock screen. The AOD is very dim. Samsung, please fix this too.
Can you lead me to where I can locate this brightness adjustment? It's definitely not like my S22 Ultra where I could double tap & turn it up & down. I can't locate any settings for the AOD besides on or off
