Bottom of touchscreen suddenly not working. Can't unlock.

My iPhone 3G was working perfectly until a few hours ago when the bottom of the touchscreen suddenly went dead. I was playing games on it with absolutely no issues, then set it down and of course it locked. I went to unlock it a while later and nothing happened. The first thing I tried was rebooting it, which is how I found out the TOP of the screen works since the slide to power off is at the top, and worked fine, but I couldn't 'cancel' since that's at the bottom. I have also already tried restoring it with no luck.I know this is a long shot because I have been all over the internet hoping for a fix but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask if anyone has any other ideas. This is my only phone and it's completely useless. To top it off my warranty ended earlier this month. If it comes down to having to pay for a repair, it might just be cheaper for me to "upgrade" to a completely different phone. I love my iPhone though and it would really stink to have to do that!

Thanks for your reply/help. My husband is very mechanically inclined so I guess I will see if he is willing to give it a go. I'm pretty scared of messing it up though because I really can't afford a new phone right now , not to mention that if I have to settle for a different/cheaper phone I will have no use for the ton of apps I have purchased.
It kind of makes me mad because this is my second iPhone. The one I bought originally in July of last year...(July 25th just barely over a year ago) the screen started getting these weird lines all through it and had to be replaced. Now just a few months later the replacement goes bad. It seems weird to me that the replacement phone doesn't have its own 1 year warranty. It's a new phone to me and should be free from defect same as the original, right? I have been beyond careful with this thing.
I just happen to think that the warranty on the phone should last at least as long as the phone contract I had to sign to get it! That doesn't seem unreasonable to me. Seems like plain common sense.
So here I am paying 85 dollars a month for service on a useless phone because I cant afford to pay 200 dollars right this moment to have it fixed, and of course I can't cancel my phone service because I'm contractually obligated!
So here I am able to see and hear my calls and texts coming in but I can't answer them.
nice.

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