Front camera defective

My Ipod Touch 4G arrived yesterday and my front camera is defective. If I try to switch to the front camera, the camera app will usually freeze up. I can exit the app with the home button, but if I relaunch the camera app, it will freeze up immediately. When this happens, I have to reset all settings on the Ipod to get the camera app to work again on the rear camera. I have managed to get the Ipod to switch to the front camera a few times, but it will always display artifacts after 2 or 3 pictures, or 10 seconds or so of video. Once the artifacts begin, the camera app will freeze up again within a few seconds.

One positive, however... I live 2 hours from the nearest Apple Store, so taking it in was not really an option. This was my first experience calling Apple Support, and I was very impressed. A replacement was authorized quickly and without any problems, as I had been afraid of. Hopefully, the replacement will arrive quickly.

Has anyone else had issues with either camera? I am really hoping mine was an isolated case, as the cameras were a main selling point for me....