Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android AuthorityDespite largely positive reviews, several Galaxy Z Fold 7 users report difficulty opening the device due to its ultra-thin sides and strong magnets.Community members have tried cases, skins, grip tape, and techniques like optimal thumb placement as workarounds.Some suggest hardware changes, like grippier textures or indentations, could improve usability without compromising the design too much.Chinese foldables have dominated the last few years, mainly because Samsung was asleep at the wheel. But with the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Samsung has surprisingly turned the tide in its favor. Not only has the foldable received rave reviews, but users have lapped up on this actually good foldable. However, the first wave of users have encountered a peculiar problem: The Fold 7 is so thin that opening it is a problem.Reddit user Joneep recently shared that opening the Fold 7 is really difficult. According to them, the sides of the phone are too thin, which doesn’t give them enough surface area to grip onto. The magnets holding the phone shut are too strong, so they need a bit of force to unfold the Fold 7. The user complains that they cannot open the phone while they are in the middle of errands, as they need to be careful not to drop the phone at the same time.