This has me a little nervous. Supposed to pickup today. If you had heard all of this before you got your phones, would this have been a deal breaker for you?
Probably not a deal-breaker, but if I knew about it and heard it coming from my phone right there in the moment, I might've mentioned it to the person at the store to see if they could do anything - but guessing it's unlikely given low stock around this time of year... they'd probably tell you to come back after the dust of launch day settles.
It might be difficult to hear in the store environment though.