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 think the vivid mode just isnt working, if you toggle between them youll see no difference. I factory reset my S24 ultra and going to continue to use my s22 ultra. If a software patch isnt provided in the next few days i will return since we have a 14 day return window. I find it hard to believe samsung would intentionally downgrade the phone especially with the screen being one of their main highlights
Yeah, i have both phones next to me and am writing this on my S22 Ultra. Agree, we now have 14 days for a fix. If people are reading this that are looking to upgrade, save your money until Samsung pulls their head out of their a___
I'm also aick of my s24 ultra. Comparing it side by side to my s23 ultra it's a downgrade for sure. Awful screen. It's being sent back also if no new software. Considering it's the 3rd generation of this phone design it should be flawless but it isn't. Samsung said they don't know about the screen haha. Yea right
