Weird clicking vacuum sound?

Hi,
When I press the back of my iPhone 4s, about the space between the Apple logo and the min-volume button, I hear a weird clicking sound. Almost like the glass back is not glued on correctly or something causing the vacuum inside to change... It even happens when I barely touch the area I described, and also when the phone is turned off (so it's definately a hardware problem).
It's pretty annoying, kind of loud, and I'm a bit scared that my phone is gonna fall apart one of these days!
Note: this is definately NOT the camera-clicking sounds I've been reading about on this board (I have that too, but that doesn't bother me as much as this weird noise).
Anybody else with this issue? What should I do? Contact Apple to get an exchange?

Anybody else with this issue? What should I do? Contact Apple to get an exchange?
Never heard of this. Contact Apple.

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