Galaxy Z Fold 8 Problems? Overheating, Zoom and Apps

Quick summary: Here are the Galaxy Z Fold 8 problems I’ve seen on Reddit and online, and whether I’m having them. The only one that really bugs me is app optimization, which can be fixed.

Overheating

People report the phone running hot and thermal throttling. My own throttle test showed a big drop, from close to 10,000 on the Geekbench 6 multi-core score down to 5,000 to 6,000, but a second run didn’t repeat it, so I don’t fully trust that result. My phone is almost never hot, and none of my friends with the phone have had overheating. If yours overheats doing something light like Google Maps, try restarting it, updating apps or the phone, or, worst case, it may be defective.

One-handed use

Some say the wide cover screen is hard to use one-handed, especially for typing. I can type one-handed, though it’s a little uncomfortable, and I usually type with two hands anyway. A SnapGrip Stand makes one-handed use simple on any phone.

Camera zoom

It goes up to 10x with decent quality, but I’d like 15x, 20x or 30x. I hope next year’s model adds a telephoto. Day to day, in good lighting, I don’t notice much if any difference versus the S26 Ultra or Z Fold 8 Ultra, though those may take better photos more often.

App optimization

This is my biggest issue. Two or three times, I couldn’t reach a button in an app on the cover screen, open, or rotated, and had to switch the app’s aspect ratio to 16:9 to reach it. Google apps like YouTube are fine, and Instagram is mostly fine but sometimes looks weird or acts buggy. It’s a matter of time: either Samsung forces a fix in software, or developers optimize for this form factor, especially once the iPhone Fold arrives.

Nothing makes me want to leave this phone.

• Buy the Galaxy Z Fold 8 from Samsung
• OhSnap SnapGrip Stand
• Benks case for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, code GREGGLESTV
• dbrand Grip case