Hey all,

I’ve had my iPhone 15 Pro Max since launch, and it’s been awesome. When I received it, I did all the proper inspections for any issues, and I found nothing, especially with the camera lenses.

The other day I was cleaning the lenses in direct light and I noticed a super tiny, basically microscopic speck of dust in the lower left lens. I did a bunch of camera tests and all of my pictures continue to look great. It was not there when I first received the phone. You can only really see the speck in sunlight/direct light.

I made an appointment at the Apple Store and the Genius who I liked trusted and explained that most likely the speck got caught in there during assembly and has “moved” into focus while using the phone as normal. He explained that this can happen, and unless the camera is causing any issues with photo/video, there’s nothing that can be done, which I understand.

I’ve researched the heck out of this “issue” and read some people even tapped their photo gently against a hard surface to move the dust, and it worked.

Has anyone else ran into this situation? Thank you in advance!

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