u/Dry_Yogurtcloset4690

Quite annoying to be honest. I'm in the UK and I am out of the return window (14 days) but still within the one year warranty. I went to the Apple Store today to try and get this addressed, however the rep said that they would only be able to do a cleaning of the camera lens.
I am not sure if this is a good idea, I believe opening the phone up may cause more issues than just leaving the speck of dust there in the camera, but at the same time I don't want the camera quality to eventually degrade later over time, as I had the same symptom on my 13 Pro Max and it eventually turned into a small black spot in my photos (of course only after its warranty had expired)

I don’t think it’s unreasonable of me to want a device that is free of defects (this isn’t cosmetic, let’s be real, as dust can easily shift into the main lens and ruin photos - the MAIN selling point of this phone), this is in fact a failure of quality control at the factory as dust was able to get into the seal.
What do you guys think I should do? Quality defects are not acceptable on a flagship phone that is £1,100..