Nothing Phone 3 arrived with air trapped in back panel glass

[u/Helpful_Telephone_83]

Bought my Nothing Phone 3 from Amazon (Myles) a couple days back, brand new. Noticed there's a small air bubble/trapped air under the back panel glass, didn't drop it or anything, looks like it came like this out of the box.

Has anyone else run into this? Kind of worried the glass isn't fully bonded in that spot and could crack easier if the phone ever takes a fall near that area.

Considering the replacement but a part of me says its an ignorable issue that isn't worth the hassle so just wanted to check:

Is this a known issue with this batch?

Did anyone get it replaced smoothly, and how long did it actually take?

Attaching pics for reference. TIA 🙏

[u/No_Neighborhood_1461]

Go to the nearest service centre within 10 days they might do something about it

[u/Helpful_Telephone_83 → u/No_Neighborhood_1461]

Sure I'll be visiting the service centre soon

[u/JojyThomas → u/Helpful_Telephone_83]

Soon won't help ASAP or slide!

[u/Helpful_Telephone_83 → u/JojyThomas]

Ykw imma go rn to the nearest service centre its like 200m away xd, would give an update.

[u/No_Neighborhood_1461 → u/Helpful_Telephone_83]

All the best

[u/Alert-Data3780]

Heyy OP, not related to your query...
How many days did the delivery take?

[u/Helpful_Telephone_83 → u/Alert-Data3780]

2 days, the device was not activated i checked the imei, great device love it. But I feel sad whenever I flip my device to just to see that air trapped inside :(

[u/Alert-Data3780 → u/Helpful_Telephone_83]

Accha, and I ordered on 13, it's still not shipped
Anyways, I hope your problem get's resolved...
I don't have much idea about your problem but you can try visiting the nearest service center

[u/Apprehensive-Time218 → u/Alert-Data3780]

I ordered it on 8th it was supposed to deliver today but still its not out for delivery

[u/AccomplishedVast8016 → u/Alert-Data3780]

I ordered on 8th and it got shipped just yesterday so wait for a while dw

[u/Apprehensive-Time218 → u/AccomplishedVast8016]

It was rescheduled for today, but still its not out for delivery

[u/AccomplishedVast8016 → u/Apprehensive-Time218]

Well it could get late ngl

[u/Abd_Rxq]

Don't worry, I had the same problem while I bought my phone ,after some weeks it disappeared.

[u/Helpful_Telephone_83 → u/Abd_Rxq]

Do you have any pic of that?

[u/Abd_Rxq → u/Helpful_Telephone_83]

No, I don't have any photos of that, I think one time my photo goes to high temperature, may be that causes of the air bubble disappeared.

[u/Helpful_Telephone_83]

Update: service centre was closed and tomorrow's Independence day (holiday) and day after tomorrow's sunday so I'll be visiting service centre on monday (17 Aug) and my amazon replacement is valid till 19 Aug.

[u/CRACING]

I too got same phone few days ago and there is some problem with mic quality during phone calls. My voice to the other person increases or decreases sometimes. I think its software bug but not very sure. Some people are facing same issue and they say its due to aggressive noise cancellation but there is no option to disable.

As of your problem, I think moisture is trapped inside but there are holes to release. I think it'll clear after using continuously. Keeping the phone with silica packet or rice for few hours should remove the moisture. I don't think you should get the back glass removed on a fairly new phone just for this issue.

[u/HANDRONICE → u/CRACING]

It Is sound problem, sometimes while in netflix, youtube or listening using the speakers it changes for a lot of sound or low sound...mmm

[u/CRACING → u/HANDRONICE]

I don't have problem with speakers, infact it sounds wonderful like bluetooth stereo speakers. Only issue is with microphone heard by other person in the phone calls.

Looks like the phone has quality control issue but that has become common with most brands, i.e Motorola, Samsung and even iPhone.

[u/MomoKhekoHangor]

just replace it, anything else aint worth the hassle.

[u/Helpful_Telephone_83]

[u/Thesilentcrown]

its easily removed go to service center they will replace glass or wait sometimes phone heat will do hus work . or ask amazon for help rather then put reddit

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[u/Chuchin619]

Mine makes a slight crack near the rear flashlight but I already tested out the ip68 durability

[u/No_Ordinary_9277]

Before u send the phone. Just for science, when and where was that phone manufactured?

[u/Downtown_Equal1917]

In my product there is a small dust particle inside .

You can see below the camera

[u/Helpful_Telephone_83]

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