After reading battery life post, I may have a problem.

Ok reading the battery life question, I wonder do I have an issue. This is my first week of true iphone use..the first week, I played with everything all the time and the battery wouldn't last a day.
But this week, normal usage - phone calls periodically, a few checks of safari or the weather, but not heavy usage, and I burned through the battery - at 10% by the end of the day starting off with a full charge. Charged it again last night, then didn't do anything.
Made one 6 minute phone call this morning and battery meter has already moved down in my estimate about 10%...WTH?
Problem or does the battery life generally suck and all the people who posted about battery life are the exceptions, not the rule?

Nathan C wrote:
mthowell,
One think that is often overlooked when comparing battery life, is how much signal do you have on the cellular network?
The further you are from the tower, the iPhone like nearly all cell phones, will use more power to keep in contact with the cellular tower. Other things that can weaken the signal will also make a difference, such as being in a building with walls that affect the signal.
Any time the screen is on, or the iPhone check email, that is usage.
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.
Nathan,
Thanks..I do understand the signal strength issue. I'm basically just comparing it to my other AT&T phones. While I realize there are a ton more things to drain the battery life on this phone than my RAZR, to already have the battery draining by 10% after a full charge and one 6 minute phone call in full cell coverage..nothing else is why I think there's a problem.
What are my options when I call Apple? I mean, no genius bar dude (or dudette) is going to sit there and watch my battery manually drain..a watched pot never boils right?! So, all I can say is that x number of users on the apple support group have longer battery lives - what's my issue? That will go over well, I'm certain.

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