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?! 🙂

[betancd]

To be fair, regardless of price there isn't a phone out I am fully happy with. I returned my iphone 15 PM since it gave me a bunch of esim issues, I love my Pixel 8 Pro but it is bad for gaming. I also have a Oneplus 12 right now, it is near perfect, but the display is hard to look at after seeing the anti reflective screen on the S4U. Ultimately no phone is perfect, just gotta find the one that is best for you.

[al10104]

I agree 👍

[usermzeJaY3BsM]

FYI, Screenshots do not illustrate the point with vividness mode, you must take a picture of the phone with another device.  Here are my pictures (taken with an S22 Ultra) of the S24 Ultra after the update:

[Carolina_MīC]

Makes sense...In that case...you would actually want to compare the 2 extremes of the new vivid settings. Make sure the first picture is low vivid and the 2nd picture is max vivid

[Dfran1]

Received 6.1 ui, downloaded and tried the vivid slider, didn't notice much difference. Anyone else see difference or do I need to see an eye doctor! Lol

[scorpio2002]

Big difference when comparing vivid mode and natural.

[usersWL0ZHky1O]

Big difference? I'm hearing mixed reports from people. I thought the slider was Natural, s23, s22 modes... Is it like that?

[Dfran1]

I see it now, my fault

[JeyD]

Yes, there is quite a difference, your eyes probably adjusted to the natural color.

Just slide to the 2nd picture that has circular lines and some color cube walls. You'll notice the color saturation as you increase the vividness.

[Dfran1]

Yep, your right, my fault, I do see a difference