New iTouch home button wiggle

I have a 16GB iTouch. The home button on it is 'loose/wiggles' slightly. Should I return it to get a new one, or are most of them similar to this?

Check out these photos of the iPod touch 2nd gen disassembled (by iFixit.com).
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/iPod/iPod-Touch-2G
It clearly shows that the home button is actually a moving part of the front frame. Then, when you look at the inside exposed, there is a tiny square, gold colored stem which appears to be the home button. So it looks as if the plastic part on the frame just pushes down on the stem to activate the home button. I would assume that it must have some play as most buttons designed this way would. The only way it would be perfectly solid and not move is if the plastic part of the button was stuck to the stem by adhesive, which this is clearly not the case. I believe they all do this and most people just don't notice it.

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