Iphone 4 no audio after 1 year (warranty expired)

I bought 2 Iphone 4 in 2010 from Digi Centre, Queensbay Mall in Penang state, Malaysia. The warranty has past 1 year expired date. Today one of the Iphone 4 purchased finally get the problem of no ringing tone. When plug in the headphone, the audio is working fine. The Digi Centre said it will take 2-3 weeks to get it fix as they need to send to headquarter to probe the problems.
Meanwhile, they borrow me an old Nokia handphone. It is a sad experience when your experience of today technology come to a halt due to this, i heard some 4S unit also having the same problem with no ringing tone, after some time. Hope they can develop patches to solve this stupid hardware audio issue, it bring alot of inconveniences to me.
The other unit of Iphone 4 is working properly.
Very unfortunate, the local service centre has no immediate fix or solution, my impression of Apple product has drop as it is made in China, some batch are faulty they didn't pay enough attention to the quality mission they pledged.
Should I change to Iphone 4S or wait for Iphone 5 because I already sad with my Iphone4 case after 1 year this stupid hardware defect start to creep in my life as a result I'm punished for 2-3 weeks of inconveniences, probably will have to pay more to get it repair as warranty has lapsed after 1 year. Thanks to all the China good and quality control that we have to experience inconveniences after 1 year.
I'm likely to wait for Iphone 5 for longer battery and better patch hopefully to address the hardware audio suddenly die off after 1 year by itself.

It only take a day to get things checked and fix. The Chairman of the branch Mr. Ricky Ooi has helped me to replace the buzzer. Apparently some water vapor leaked into the buzzer, fortunately it doesn't sip into the main board.
For all Penang Iphone4 folks who accidentally or somehow like my case, please visit the shop to get on time replacement and fixes.
Very thankful for his team support, and now I don't have to live without Iphone4 for 2-3 weeks as was told earlier when i surrendered my iphone4. Now I will look for him and seek his advise to upgrade to Iphone 4S or wait for Iphone 5, this case really awakened me to be cautious next time.

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