Bubbles under the glass???

Just had mine replaced the other day, they took it in the back to 'examine more closely' which means they wanted to check for water-damage warranty voiding under the headphone jack.

I was there probably 10-15 minutes, signed the thing and walked out with a new activated phone so I could at least use it if I had to, I went right home though to sync to the backup I did just prior to going there to have it replaced as I knew that would be the case.

I just had one bubble that was only easily visible on white web-pages or video.

Anyway, I now have to tackle the defective SuperDrive repair and dying/stuck LCD pixels on my BlackBook in the next few days.

Justed talked to Apple, and they were nice enough to tell me they will be glad to fix it.. For $199. Need to send it in. They say they are aware of the problem, but not going to do anything about it. Thanks Apple.

WOW!! and I thought I was the only one with this problem!! I even searched this very topic about 3 weeks ago and nothing?!?! I guess it's now becoming a bigger problem. My phone was a release day purchase...fyi.

I took my phone into an Apple store in the MD/DC area and waited on standby to meet with a Genius. He said he'd never seen a problem like this (my bubbles were VERY similar in placement and size to the posting above), they passed it around to each other...and eventually I walked out with a new phone!

No problems since and I think this battery is even better?!!?

This is a manufacturing problem and Apple should replace your iPhone. My neighbor had this problem with his iPhone and Apple replaced it no questions asked.

Your iPhone has a one year warranty -- of course they will honor that at the Apple Store. They might send it in for repair, they might swap it out. But everyone here, no matter when you got it, has at least 5 1/2 months more warranty on it.

I've had these bubbles on both the upper left and right of screen. 8gb iPhone.

And the phone died today. The screen became unresponsive. But on the lower half of the screen.

I have an appointment in the morning at the Apple Store to have get a replacement.

So funny. The iPhone went nuts today. Screen would just open apps. Not unlock. Then not lock. Icons go into jiggle mode. Stop. Open random apps. Not work at all. It was crazy.

Called Applecare. We restored it. And that's when I couldn't slide it open. So he set up the appointment.

Using a backup 4gb now.

I've had this problem since September, a week after I bought it. I never got around to taking it in, but I guess I will seeing that now it's become more persistent and I know for a fact Apple will repair/replace it for me.

Thread I made: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1133874&tstart=0
Image I took: http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9926/untitled23bd6.png

And it's even getting uglier. I'll let you guys know how they deal with it.

They should replace/fix if they find that abuse was not a factor.

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do you have another "full retail" location w/in 1 hour? if not, i'd give apple care a phone call and find out your options.

Just had my replacement iPhone show up with a bubble, got it replaced today.

Jeff Harris7 wrote:
I have the same issue and I'm going to be taking my phone in tomorrow (Saturday, January 19, 2008) to see if I can get it fixed. Here's two images of my bubbles:

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/185/img0015on2.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8140/img0003us2.jpg

Look at the above post.

i noticed this problem back in October 07 with a bubble under the AT&T icon. i took my iPhone in and they would not replace it. a month later i noticed my phone was freezing every time i would answer a call. i don't think the items are related, but it was my opportunity to get a replacement iPhone.

two days ago i notice a bubble near the battery icon. i'd like to take it back but wondering if i'm going to get the same "doesn't seem to be a problem, if it gets worse, bring it back".

A couple of days ago I wrote that I had three bubbles. Now I have four. I took my iPhone to our local Apple store, but they told me they were just a service outlet and could do nothing for me. The suggested that I send my iPhone back to Apple, and I would get something back in about a week. But I can't be without my iPhone for a week, and especially when they can give me no assurance of what they will do for me, even if I do send it in. Now what?

The iPhone I received in exchange looked brand new to me, I could not fond anything that would say this is a refurb phone.

probably looking for water damage... there's apparently a water-sensitive substance in the head phone jack that turns pink/red if it gets damp.