I noticed recently that the photos I take on my iPhone 4 have started to become more and more blurred. Closer examination on the back of the phone revealed lots of scratches across the glass lens cover. I try to look after my phone fairly well, and don’t have any scratches on the back, but the lens was covered in them. It is causing my pictures to blur in the left of the pictures, and the iPhone is finding it hard to focus quickly. You can see in this picture the cloudy result.

So, off to the Apple Store in Stanford I went. Great service as always. Booked my appointment online, was met, and the back of the phone was replaced within 10 minutes – no charge. One shiny new back. “Why don’t you make the glass lens cover out of Gorilla Glass?” I asked.

“Not sure” was the answer. “Something about the clarity of the glass, and the amount of light that Gorilla Glass allows into the lens.”

Anyway the cover replacement did the job. The iPhone has a new lease of life with very clear and crisp photos. The left of the photo is now crisp and sharp once again.

However, this has got to be a design flaw, it’s a widely known issue. If you trawl the web, there are lots of people reporting this.

I would suggest going to an Apple store and getting this done, rather than the option of ordering a part and doing it yourself like this!