(maybe a better way) almost all things you want to change can be set in the galaxy version.
answering by volume up
phone ->settings-> answering and ending calls
also have a look at all the visual enhancements tabs under settings -> accessibility-> visual enhancements.
(I have a bit bad eyesight as well )
What do you think of the high contrast fonts , I think they made a mistake there (the original colour of the font should not change only a border should have been added, changing the color of the font to the background color just makes it bad) will make a separate post of it.