The headphone jack on my new Verizon iPhone doesn't work. What can I do?

I bought an iPhone 4 from Verizon's website two weeks ago. This morning I plugged in the headphones for the first time and there appears to be a short or bad contacts or something. Sometimes partial audio will come through (distant and mono) and other times the iPhone wouldn't recognize the headphones at all and play through the speaker. It acts exactly like the drawerful of cheap old Walkmans I have whos jacks have worn out. I've tried six different pairs of headphones--three of which are stock Apple earbuds--all with the same result.
I'm headed out of town for several long trips in the next few weeks and really can't be without a phone (and would prefer one that I can listen too!) Will my local Verizon store replace it, or will the Apple store? The Verizon store is much easier to get to (tho the Apple store has much nicer staff...) but either option would be preferred over mailing it back and waiting for a new one or waiting to get the problem fixed.
What should I do?
-- Stephanie

In case anyone is having the same problem, I thought I'd post an update. I realized there was an Apple store on my way home from the trip I was leaving for so I decided to stop in. I waited 20 minutes for the next Genius so I wandered the mall and played with the iPad. No big deal. It took less than ten minutes for the person helping me to confirm there was a problem and swap the iPhone for a new one and send me on my way. I got home, connected it to iTunes and restored from the last backup (after uploading the photos I'd taken since then to my Mobileme account!). No problem whatsoever.
I'm really glad I decided to go that route instead of taking it to Verizon.
It's been two months and I've not had a single problem since.
-- Stephanie

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