S24 Display Quality & AOD Missing Options

[Locoblade]

Hi All

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?! 🙂

[Bagz24]

Same here

[Drew569]

I thought I had the same issue, but I switched from 1080p to 1440p, and mine seems fine. If you did that already, it's probably a software issue.

[MakeSomeSpace]

Doesn't metter .. icons colors is the same .. washed .

[Drew569]

That odd must only be on certain phones for some reason. I hope they fix it in the next week.

[Wesleyjazz]

Não é somente em alguns telefones.  Provavelmente você não está percebendo isso, mas esse problema está em todos os aparelhos. 

[usernrBWwgTndD]

Seems like a bug since Natural and Vivid do nothing 

[userYeFnk33KCF]

Guys...please bother their chat and phones with this issue. They are not going to act on community posts

[Naters69]

The power of the consumer is deadly to companies. Look at Bud Light and Disney. Bad press/reviews can ruin product launches. This is about as bad as you can get for a phone that costs $1300+.

[suttont115]

Same

[userlQcCM1wRc8]

S23U and holding. Sorry for all the trouble people are having. Brand new phone is exciting and this seems to be a huge letdown. Samsung quality control MIA!