ok... home.
I went in, let them know my name, and appt time. The guy walking around with an iPad, took a second, "Mr. X, give me a few minutes and I'll get someone with you...". Really, I was about 10 minutes early, and within just a few minutes a gentleman came over where I was. He asked what kind of problems I was having and I explained the purple splotches, and show it to him with the active camera. He took the phone, and said he'd be right back. He cleaned the lens, which didn't solve the problem. He said they will replace the phone for me. I asked how long it would take, how many days till I get a replacement. He said, "three minutes tops". I was extremely appreciative of their "customer support".
Got the new phone, was setup and working just fine in a few minutes after he brought it out to me. I was there a total of fifteen minutes, and left with a brand new phone that doesn't have the same issue I had with the other brand new phone lol.
Huge thumbs up for the support in this thread, and a monster thumbs up for the customer service the provided today.