Headphone socket might be loose?

It appears to me that the headphone socket is looser than other music players. The headphone jack can easily be taken out with minimal effort. I have my ipod on a neckstrap and when i'm wearing it around my neck sometimes the headphone plug becomes loose even though there is plenty of wire if u get what i mean. This is irritating because when this happens the ipod automatically pauses the song and you have to press play to play the track after you plug in the earphones again. Has anybody else had this problem or is my ipods earphone socket faulty?
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I have had the same problem for a couple of months now with my 4th Gen 20GB. It's very irritating. Sometimes it pauses all the time and I have to hold my iPod + wire in my hand to stop it. Other days it seems to be fine. I've finally decided I need to do something about it and am going to send it off for repair. I've had it for about 6 months.

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