Dust inside iPhone 6 plus camera

Hey guys, I've owned an iPhone 6 Plus since October and just recently realized that my unit is not as flawless as I originally thought.
While taking a picture of a sunset I noticed a bright light spot on the screen that wasn't the sun and it would appear eveytime there was direct light to the camera lens. When I got home I took a picture indoors of the ceiling and with the lightbulb on, and again a light circle appeared on the screen and the picture.
I checked the camera under a magnifying glass and I saw a white dust particle inside of the camera lens that was sticking to the sapphire glass and almost near the center of the camera unit, so anytime there is light directed to the camera, the dust would absorb it and it would show on the pictures.
In order to get rid of it, I would need to open up my iPhone and get everything out until I reach the camera module, but that is a solution I don't really want to do.
Do you think that if I take it to the Apple Store, my phone would qualify for a replacement because that dust came from the factory since I'm very careful with my devices and I haven't even put my phone once in my pocket to think it would be lint that somehow got inside.
Thanks in advance!

I had a similar issue with my iPhone 5.
What Apple did with mine was take a photo of a blank surface to verify the issue, then replace my phone as it's considered a warranty issue as store techs have no way of cleaning the interior of the camera lens.

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