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
Yes same here on s24. Washed out compared to my s22. Toggling between Vivid and Natural didn't change display. I feel like sending it back because sound is wonky too
Having the same issue too between s22ultra and s24ultra, colors seem washed out, I'm thinking if I should send back, the vibrancy of colors is very important for me
I am trying to get a message to support in the U.S. about the absolute terrible color I'm experiencing on my S24 Ultra. I'm writing this on my S22 Ultra because the new phone sickens me...
Maybe if enough people voice their concerns here Samsung will make a statement before everyone starts their return process. As things go for me, a $1300 phone should not look worse than his mother's $120 phone. I'll send this back and keep my S22 Ultra.
Same exact issue over here. I called samsung tech support and they seemed baffled about the issue. It seems very widespread and likely is a software issue. If you go into the display setting the vivid mode does nothing. Im hopeful its a software glitch otherwise ill be returning and keeping my s22 ultra
People are saying they knowingly did this to be more like Apples, "natural" color. If i wanted Apples "natural" color I would have bought an Apple. I bought a Samsung for it's overtly saturated, vibrant screen. Not this!
