Bubbles under screen

I received an iPhone from a friend of mine who upgraded to a 3G last week. I noticed that day these two dots on the screen and thought it was due to him not taking care of the device. However, I later saw that the 'dots' are really under the screen and saw that people have had issues with 'bubbles'. I did however check the warranty on this device and it ended Saturday the 18th (roughly 5 days ago). My question here is did the people who got their device replaced for this reason have Apple Care or is this a general replacement that can be done out of warranty? I'm assuming I am out of luck, but everyone who has said "I bought the phone on launch day and just got it replaced" never said if they had a warranty with it or not.
Thanks!

Not something your friend noticed and if he did notice it, I wonder why he didn't call AppleCare or make an appointment at an Apple Store (if there is one nearby) to have this checked and possibly exchanged under warranty.
I don't believe there has been any iPhone recalls that would be considered a general replacement out of warranty, so out of warranty means out of warranty regardless if by a day or by 5 days.
I'm assuming I am out of luck, but everyone who has said "I bought the phone on launch day and just got it replaced" never said if they had a warranty with it or not.
I'm not sure why everyone who has said this would include "replaced under warranty" but just because they didn't include "replaced under warranty" doesn't mean Apple provided a general replacement outside of the warranty or after the warranty expired. More than likely everyone who has said this purchased the AppleCare extended warranty.

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