Iphone 4 screen displaying only colors

I woke up half an hour ago and it was perfectly normal. I guess I was too sleepy so I decided to sleep a little more. There was nothing wrong with it until I woke up again, and the screen was only displaying colors. No sign of icons or inverterted colors. Just colors that does not mean anything. I tried restarting, hard restarting etc etc.
Is this a screen or a hardware fault? What do you recommend I should do. If it is a screen issue. I cannot take it to Apple as my warranty is passed and I do not want wish to invest in this old iphone anyway.
Please cheaper or free recommendations, and what might have caused the problem? very weird..

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
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