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Odd bubbles on radio. Is there a factory screen protector?

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I'm noticing some like, bubbling, with the radio. My phone kind of brightened it up so it's not as noticeable as in the picture and less noticeable with the screen on, but I can notice it at times. Is there a screen protector that comes from the factory, or is this somehow normal? I don't want to go picking at it and peel away something that's supposed to be there.

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These aren't fingerprints, I cleaned the screen right before the picture.
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Goodness, It certainly looks like you have a plastic film over your screen. Mine is clear and solid as glass. If it were me, I'd be picking at the corner until I was able to peel that off.

The only factory one I've ever seen had a red stripe across it. Maybe something your dealer installed...My dealer removed the factory one prior to me picking it up...
 

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Goodness, It certainly looks like you have a plastic film over your screen. Mine is clear and solid as glass. If it were me, I'd be picking at the corner until I was able to peel that off.

The only factory one I've ever seen had a red stripe across it. Maybe something your dealer installed...My dealer removed the factory one prior to me picking it up...
Agreed. Looks like a plastic film over the screen. Peel a corner
 
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It doesn’t feel like a screen protector unless it’s one of those tempered glass ones. Pushing on the bubbles doesn’t appear to have an impact.

Attempting to peel doesn’t seem to be a screen protector.

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here’s one with my camera not blowing it out so much

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Actually maybe some heat and pushing with a cloth worked?
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Edit: Going to check on this in the morning. Unsure if it was something in the screen not set or maybe something the dealer had on the screen that wasn't coming off with just regular window cleaner?
 
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Alright my theory is that it was something on the screen or the screen itself. I hit it with Invisible Glass and a microfiber cloth and it didn't come up or even smudge and it *looks* like bubbles, but with heat and a cloth it's gone still ~12 hours later. So, either I helped the screen layers bond which I'm not sure is a thing, or there was something stubborn on there that heat helped release.
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