3GS battery life question

So anyway, I've took a 3gs back for battery life issues. And the Genius bar gave me a return, (not for the battery life but for something faulty with the display)
Well, I am really glad I took it back. My phone is actually working a lot faster, and now it doesn't freeze to a white screen that is somehow able to operate even though you can't see what your doing (why I got the return)
I was wondering two things.
1) It is a week 29 (July) phone, so would it be possible that it is a refurb? I ask this because I want to know if i should condition the battery.
2)Is there any reason why I can get advertised (or close to) battery life while making a call, but 2/3 (or less) battery life on internet use?
I am still really happy with this phone compared to my last one. I had over an hour of use purely on the phone, and had 95% battery life, It was amazing. Compared with the 80% it would be at on my previous phone

Thank you for replying, and if you could again, it would be greatly appreciated.
1)I was asking about whether they would be able to refurbish the phone, which is a week 29 phone. And I bought it on august 8th. Because I don't think it would be really necessary to condition a refurbished phones battery.
2)I have excellent wifi strength, 3g off, brightness at 50% or less, location services on, not using other apps, just the safari app, not using speaker, room temperature conditions. I just think it is weird that I can get about 10-11 hr battery life just using the phone function. But I think I am getting less than 5-6 hrs on wifi internet

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