Sprint replacing Touch Pro with Touch Pro 2!

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Hey all! I was wondering what your opinions are on my situation. So my Tp has just started acting up. I've had it less than a year (got it on 1/27/09) and The screen periodically shuts off on it's own during texting and while getting texts. You can barely see the screen when it "shuts off" and when you hit the power button to turn on/off again it won't do anything. This last in and out for about a good 3-5 minutes. I can soft reset the phone and it will go away for a good part of the day but it seems to be happening on a consistent basis. I tried a hard reset and no luck. I have flashed back to the stock rom from a custom and it is still doing it. If not more often now. I was thinking about taking it in to the Sprint store to have them diagnose and possibly fix it or should I just do an insurance claim on it through asurion?? I am on the TEP insurance plan. Thanks in advance for the input!