Objects under camera lenses on iPhone 7 plus dual lenses

Okay. I waited in line to get the new iPhone 7 plus, less than a day after I got the phone. I noticed underneath the camera lense, on both of the lenses, there were multiple specs of dust and some type of foreign objects. So I took my phone to Apple 2 days after the release and even the service tech said he could see it under both of the lenses. Even though it really is not that big of a deal. It becomes a big deal when a phone that cost nearly a thousand dollars has this kind of flaw. So they replaced it for me with no problem, surprisingly they had enough phones. I then got a new phone and have been using it for about 2 weeks and why although I don't see any objects, I do see a smug underneath the lense on the non-tele lense. I mean come on, really? On two different phones, there was a problem. Although it is a small issue, it should be flawlessly for the cost of the phone. Seems like cheap manufacturing in China and expensive purchase price in America. A little let down by Apple on this one.

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Sep 29, 2016 1:00 PM

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Dec 28, 2016 10:26 PM in response to _Pottsie_

Yes. I have an iPhone 7 Plus with a little white speck under the camera glass on the back...I haven't noticed an impact on pictures, but it's quite annoying.


I have seen both iPhone 7 models with the issue...even the display models at my local Apple Store had the problem...some did NOT, however.


I think it's just the way they're manufactured. Rushing to get them shipped as quickly as possible.

Dec 28, 2016 11:24 PM in response to _Pottsie_

I've been through 5 (five) 7 Plus-es since October and unfortunately I can assure you that all of them are featuring tiny little dust particles beneath both lenses glass, worse of them even had a speck in the front FaceTime camera together with a smudge on the telephoto lense :-( However neither of these 5 units had the photos affected by this issue. So I think that one have to settle with this unless willing to play lottery and choose from other significant issues like these: uneven display tint / backlight bleeding, static and high pitched noise on the audio track of captured videos, scuffs on the metallic case (frame around the screen), scratches on the antenna bands etc.

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