Do you have this gap?

notefreak

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I don't want to create a gapgate, I just wonder. Estetically there isn't an issue but while cleaning some dust I realised I can put a piece of paper inside a tiny gap along the bezels. It can be done on both front and back side on the phone, except for bottom front. I just don't want this to be an issue with IP rating. Thoughts?

Edit: the gap is ALL around the bezels not just around ear piece. It is not visible, you have to use a piece of paper to find out.

http://shrani.si/f/1H/13d/4TlaYhvM/20190829133837.jpg|
 
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I'm sure it won't be an issue with ip rating as it's more or less filled with glue on the inside.
My Note 8 pre-order one had an ever so tiny gap between top of the screen and frame but not at the bottom but the one I got a couple of months later was 100 percent symmetrical
 

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I don't want to create a gapgate, I just wonder. Estetically there isn't an issue but while cleaning some dust I realised I can put a piece of paper inside a tiny gap along the bezels. It can be done on both front and back side on the phone, except for bottom front. I just don't want this to be an issue with IP rating. Thoughts?

http://shrani.si/f/1H/13d/4TlaYhvM/20190829133837.jpg

JerryRigEverything stated that gap is for the earpiece.

At 8.05 he starts explaining.
https://youtu.be/-f7B9fBJJug
 

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That gap is for audio travel for speaker sound. If you look at the video JerryRig shows how the speaker assembly is placed lower. They have this sound canal that travels up and ends where you see the gap.

Perfectly normal.
 

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Glass has to meet aluminum at some point. It is glued and sealed all around the screen and aluminum frame. I'm in no way worried about it. I also don't go swimming with my phone. I will however rinse it under tap water occasionally. Never had an issue and every one of my phones have had this "gap".