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S25 Ultra - Color banding in certain apps?!

(Topic created on: 02-04-2025 01:10 AM)
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iPhone 15 left with 10 bit (privacy glass on top!) and left S25 Ultra  8 bit!

Test it yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoMPrr-Uefs

I noticed some color banding in apps like Spotify and Philips Hue and wanted to ask if someone has the same "issue" or if its only the apps itself?!

 


I never noticed this issue before on my old smartphone which was a Samsung too.

 

Edit: It's not only in certain apps it's everywhere even in the "recent apps overview".  
And again ---> iPhone got the 10 Bit panels M14 and Samsung the 8-bit M13+ panels.

I was already disappointed with the grain in the S24 but obviously Samsung still doesn't care!

I guess time to switch to iPhone, after being Android user since Donut (2009)

Pics: https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/galaxy-s25-series/s25-ultra-color-banding-in-certain-apps/m-p/12...

Edit 2:

"extra dim" makes everything even worse!!!! 
Without extra dim I don't notice color banding on "testmyscreen.com", but with extra dim on, it's just awful!Screenshot_20250425_004517_Brave.jpgScreenshot_20250425_004411_Brave.jpg

 

Edit: I really dont know wtf Samsung is doing but this panel / software is f uped!

https://www.wide-gamut.com/test/image-hdr

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Star_girl
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TV is different, on a phone it doesn't really bother me. I wish it was more gradient, but it's not that annoying and it's not there all the time. I love my phone.😊
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May I ask you if you have the same color banding with that video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoMPrr-Uefs (beginning and end is the worst)

I just checked the video now on a Samung A55 and there was no  color banding, so it's either OneUI 7 or a broken unit?! 

Star_girl
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Tbh I don't know what i should expect when I see this kind of colour banding video, because I watched on 3 devices: S25U (average), Note20U (the worse) and S20U (the better), there is always colour banding in the beginning and and middle, I will watch from my laptop as well, but not now. From what I have read though on the S25U the bad colour banding processing is caused by a glitch in the software.
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Ty,

To you have a source for the "glitch claim"? I couldn't find anything.



Star_girl
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Yes, I searched colour banding on S25 series and I was able to find a few news articles and a couple of Reddit posts.
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