Touchscreen issues if not touching iPhone frame!

Hi all,
I´m experiencing a major issue with the iPhone 4 Touchscreen:
As soon as I lay down the iPhone on any surface and trying to open an app
or make an entry or so with one finger, the Phone often just doesn´t react!
Sometimes it works but most of the time it does not.
Only if I touch the frame, everything is working perfectly.
Is anyone having the same problems? And @apple support: How to solve the issue?
Thanks in advance and best regards,
Paul

@iMatt.co.tv: Just keep your senseless comments for you, if you don´t understand
the question!
And if someone didn´t understand (like underexposed iMatt does), I´m talking
about the steel frame, that needs to be touched so that my Phone accepts the
touch command.
It seems as if this is a grounding problem, because as soon as I plug the Phone
to a grid (either on the Mac or a plug socket) it works fine.
By the way, a FW Update didn´t solve the issue and a friend´s iPhone 4 doesn´t
have this problem, so I guess I´m going to exchange a 2 day old iPhone.
I´m curios how often I have to change this one...my iPhone 3G has been changed
3 times during 2 years.
Thanks for HELPFUL replies.

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