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Extremely hazy photo; Droplets under lens?!

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maxchains155

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So I was taking a photo and I found the picture is much more hazier than normal.

I took a look at the camera hole: There's water droplets under the lens. I have never dropped my iPhone into the water, and I am sure I have never made any water into the phone. The water indicator in the headphone jack is also white.

Should I take this to the Apple Store? I just got the phone yesterday. :( :mad:
 
I would since you just got this yesterday. I wonder if it's condensation due to weather. Where are you located?
 
maxchains155 said:
So I was taking a photo and I found the picture is much more hazier than normal.

I took a look at the camera hole: There's water droplets under the lens. I have never dropped my iPhone into the water, and I am sure I have never made any water into the phone. The water indicator in the headphone jack is also white.

Should I take this to the Apple Store? I just got the phone yesterday. :( :mad:
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:confused: that's a bit baffling.

Check to see if the water sensors have been tripped first. Then, I'd take it to the Apple Store to see what the heck is going on.
 
I am in Hong Kong.

I know there's no Apple Store in Hong Kong, I generally call the repair centers Apple Store.

Edit: I am taking the phone to the Apple Store (or, repair center) tomorrow, since it's 9PM here. I really hope they would replace it, as I did nothing to the phone.
Edit 2: The droplets seems to be evaporating, but why did this happen? Should I still go to the repair center and have a replacement phone?
 
Now the water droplets evaporated, but then there's something like residue left under the lens.

As for the pic, I will try my best to take it, I will post it here once I am done.

Edit: Can't take the picture of the residue because the pictures are too blurry, and the water droplets have been evaporated. Sorry.
 
Now this is really funny. No more droplets are appearing. :confused:
I will take it back tomorrow. It's 11PM here.
 
maxchains155 said:
Now this is really funny. No more droplets are appearing. :confused:
I will take it back tomorrow. It's 11PM here.
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I'd go with the likelihood of condensation. Did you go from the phone being near air conditioning to outside? The condensation probably eventually evaporated.
 
avaloncourt said:
I'd go with the likelihood of condensation. Did you go from the phone being near air conditioning to outside? The condensation probably eventually evaporated.
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I didn't go from an air conditioning to outside. I was playing around with the phone then suddenly the droplets appeared.
 
I took it to the repair center, and they said they couldn't see the 'water stains'. They seemed not to believe me and even asked if I dropped the phone into water for 2 times.

So, no luck. But it seems the droplets aren't reappearing, those stains don't really affect the quality of photos. Maybe I will get used to this... :(

Edit: Wow, wow, wow. I got another defect on my iPhone. The volume control buttons are uneven. It's harder to lower the volume. I am going to take it to the repair center once again tomorrow.
 
maxchains155 said:
I took it to the repair center, and they said they couldn't see the 'water stains'. They seemed not to believe me and even asked if I dropped the phone into water for 2 times.

So, no luck. But it seems the droplets aren't reappearing, those stains don't really affect the quality of photos. Maybe I will get used to this... :(

Edit: Wow, wow, wow. I got another defect on my iPhone. The volume control buttons are uneven. It's harder to lower the volume. I am going to take it to the repair center once again tomorrow.
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Maybe try to call Apple, see what they say?
 
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