Thanks for the suggestion, tried it, but it doesn't help. The screen is still pretty dark. Even in low surrounding light, I have to set the brightness to at least 70-80 % to see what's on the display. So disappointed with this phone.. .
Same issue with my brand new zenfone 9. Dimming and adaptive brightness are turned off,. Tried soft and hard reset, changed the refresh rate. The white and black colors are actually different shades of gray. Any suggestions on how could it be fixe...