Do you have this gap?

[notefreak]

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|

 

[j_hansen]

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

 

[o4liberty]

I am way too old to see any gaps so all good here.

 

[Hermes Hidayat]

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

 

[notefreak]

JerryRigEverything stated that gap is for the earpiece.

All around the bezel, back and front?

 

[gyounk]

Gapgate! Gapgate! Haha. Just kidding. I am sure it is fine.

 

[CKwik240]

All three cases I have has a cut out in that location...

 

[Xxtoxicskittlexx]

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.

 

[notefreak]

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.

The gap is ALL around the bezels, back and front.

 

[cwbcpa]

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".

 

[Xxtoxicskittlexx]

The gap is ALL around the bezels, back and front.

I dont have that. Strange. I'm thinking it's probably defective? Mine has no gap whatsoever.

 

[EMGSM]

I don't notice a gap. Haven't seen anything about the "gap" since the Note 4.

 

[notefreak]

I dont have that. Strange. I'm thinking it's probably defective? Mine has no gap whatsoever.

I hope some of you guys try to insert a piece of paper because it is not visible.

 

[Xxtoxicskittlexx]

I hope some of you guys try to insert a piece of paper because it is not visible.

Tried on top. Yes there is a gap. For the speaker. But no gaps on either sides where the speaker gap (center) is.

 

[cwbcpa]

I hope some of you guys try to insert a piece of paper because it is not visible.

Yep. I can slip paper in at the top where the speaker is, but nowhere else. I really don't see an issue here.

 

[Dimas de Leon]

The gap is ALL around the bezels, back and front.

I have the gap, but only in the center of the phone, it stops at the SD card slot and just a bit past the mic.

 

[notefreak]

Well, I poured water over my phone and the IP rating seems fine

 

[toenail_flicker]

Well, I poured water over my phone and the IP rating seems fine

yikes

 

[notefreak]

yikes

How else was I going to know if it is OK or not?

 

[toenail_flicker]

How else was I going to know if it is OK or not?

I get it, it's just that I baby my devices so the idea of putting water on it, other than a few drops landing on my screen protector accidentally, made me grimace.