IPhone 5 lock/power button not as hard and is close to flat down?

I bought this iphone 5, 25 weeks ago. I took extremely good care of it because I would freak out if theres even a tiny scratch on the phone.
This iphone 5's condition is almost close to new except the fact that the lock button isn't as hard anymore. It's almost close to flat and when i gently move it, it wiggles. Have this ever happened to anyone before? I know this happened a lot to the iphone 4/4s and my iphone 4s was completely flat down so I hate having the lock button flat down and I know my iphone 5 is close to being flat! I was wondering if I bring this to apple would they fix it? Would they charge me? I still have the warranty or apple care but it's not apple care + . How would apple fix this ? I feel like if I bring it to apple, they would be like if it works, it is fine and won't fix it for me. Any suggestion before I make an appointment? /:

None of us here have crystal balls and can predict what Apple will do for you. Bring it in and see what they say.

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