Blue streaks in low light photos? iPhone 4s

Is anyone else having blue streaks show up on iphone 4s photos? Only happening in low light/indoor photos. Daylight photos are great. I don't have a case on either. Any thoughts?

Definitely a hardware issue. Took it to the Genius Bar, they swapped the camera out of my phone (didn't know they could do that) in about 15 minutes.

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