iphone 5 camera spots

My wife has the exact same problem. She had a third part tech fix the top button issue and asked him about the camera. He tried 2 replacement cameras that had the same problem. He is ordering another thinking he got 2 bad cameras... that certainly doesn't seem very likely, but I guess we'll see. I'm concerned replacing the camera won't fix. It will cost my wife $45 to fix the camera. It was $50 for the buttons. Not so bad if it takes care of the problems.

I have the same problem, one violet spot in the middle of the camera screen.

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exactly what I have... took me over 2 months to notice though but I have my genious appointment on monday 😝

Yes, I printed examples of different photos all with the same exact purple issue. It was quite the compelling evidence. I also took a photo for them at the store to replicate the issue.

Makes no sense to me at all. I've had to return each of the last 3 iphones at least once each and they have always been covered under warranty if under a year old.

I too am having this issue. Your images are gone, but if its the same issue as mine, its not the purple lens flare problem. I just noticed that I have faint black spots arbitrarilry on my lens. From the outside, the lens is completely spotless.

Did the genius bar help at all?

Hi I just bought mine during the new release and recently noticed the same thing. Its a minor annoyance but an annoyance none-the-less. Im going directly to the G Bar tonight to try to get some answers. I really hate to have to start from scratch but I cant have purple dots on peoples faces when I shoot photos.

I would like to see how many more people have had this issue.

I bought (iPhone 5) 2 days ago and now I found out there's two or three Red color hot pixels on isight camera esp on rear camera in the dark. I just want to know other iphone5 has the same problem like mine or not.

Please help me out.

SamuelMei

Hi! I am having exactly the same problem with my iPhone 5. I consider myself an OC person and the purple dot is driving me crazy. Were you able to resolve this issue on your own? I really hope you were because I bought my iPhone last December in Singapore & I live in the Philippines, and I don't think Apple Stores here in PH would give me a replacement unit. Thank you very much in advance for the reply!

infact i've just took a picture of a piece of white paper and this is the result that i got. it has turned out that the condition of the lense is worse than i'd thought, it has now developed large grey circles all over the pics!!!

I just recently saw a black spot on my camera too. Got my iPhone last December. I noticed the black dot just last Saturday. It's pretty annoying once you know it's there. The thing is, we don't have apple stores here in the Philippines. One authorized reseller refused to service my phone because I didn't buy it from either carrier here. What do you guys suggest I do? I plan to call apple and hopefully they would fix the problem :(

the same thing happened to me, but im not sure if it resulted from a drop or not..ive dropped it before but the spots didnt appear until some time after and there are no scratches on the lens. my appointment is this saturday, and im assuming theyre just going to replace the phone by reading what everyone has said. they wont charge me any money for it will they? like evn if the spots came from ME dropping it?? thanks!!:)

-gracie

Same situation 4 months into ownership....Kind of ***** since I'm 4 hours from any Apple store! I developed 2 purple spots sometime this week-end, one larger than the other. 😟

I have 4 Iphone5's in the family and so far only mine does this.....I have never dropped the unit BTW!

What a joke!

Here is mine. There is no Apple store within a hundred miles of me so I'll have to live with it until I can take a trip somewhere. Either that or I have to ship my phone and be without it for a couple days until they ship a replacement, or have a hold for $650 put on my credit card while they pre-ship and wait to receive mine.

Hi everyone, my first post on here

Ive had my iphone 5 since release day too, and mine has now developed really irritating purple spots and grey blotches. However, my screen is cracked :(

Will apple still replace my phone or does this make it invalid? Thanks :)