Air Bubble behind screen?

Recently purchased a brand new 2010 15" MBP (default screen) and just noticed that there's what appears to be a air bubble (slight oil bubble resemblance) between the gloss and LCD that varies in size from max the size of a dime to just a few mm. If I 'gently' apply pressure with the apple cloth over the spot the bubble follows for an inch or two before returning to the same spot. I read in other forums that gently rubbing in small circles around the area will make it disappear. If I gently apply pressure on the back of the screen in the same area the air bubble disappears completely. However it keeps coming back after a few hours whenever I flip open/close my lid. It causes some screen distortions during the blue startup screen but otherwise I only notice it when the monitor is turned off.

Anybody else experience this before? or whether this should be cause for alarm?

Posted on Feb 28, 2011 12:01 AM

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Mar 1, 2011 12:47 AM in response to clintfca

I took a quick pic with my iphone, it looks like a mirror but the air bubble area is the distortion above the aerosol can.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/54878898273e30ba79f0z.jpg

MBP was purchased in Hong Kong at premium authorized reseller about 3 weeks ago. I'm not near any official Apple Stores but if I return to Canada in June and I will still be under 1 year warranty will they service it? Does anybody know?

Thanks

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