Combination of Lumia 800 issues - rather annoying

Hi all, I know there are many different topics linked to various aspects of the issues we are all having right now, but I seem to be having a combination of issues with my model and it is driving me insane. I quit using the iPhone as that was driving me nuts and came to Win7.5 as I loved the OS, I am considering going back to the iPhone and scrapping the Nokia if I cant get this fixed.
Firstly:
Battery life, I am barely using my phone and charging it 3 times each day.
(and I thought my iPhone was bad)
Secondly:
The phone, when UNUSED (and unplugged from power source), gets very hot for no reason at all.
Thirdly:
OS issue (possibly), Elements of the phone become unresponsive, this includes the wifi not operating, then when you try to turn it back on most of the buttons within the settings menu are unresponsive, they 'bounce' but do nothing. I then turn the phone off and back on, but it wont turn back on. It takes several attempts to turn it back on.
I have already performed a wipe of the phone and started from scratch with no difference made, I am currently unable to upgrade to 7740 as it is not currently available for my phone apparently.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Please don't suggest Nokia's statement on the main issues, that would basically turn my smart phone into just a phone. Sorry if I am sounding a little bitter at all, it is just driving me insane.
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I also got my nokia lumia 800... I thought it was going to be one heck of a phone and couldn't wait to get it but now i am thinking of swapping it back...... This lumia is very bad. It has no secondary camera, it can use Bluetooth with other phones except for the same model as it self, the OS interface is horrible, the speaker volume is very low (even on the highest volume), there is no slot for memory card.
To be honest I think I should go back to symbian ANNA, I had a nokia c7 before getting the lumia and the C7 was miles better. It had everything that the lumia didn't.
Nokia left symbian to compete with Apple and Android. I think they have just did a mistake.. They should have never left SYMBIAN, instead they should have made it better... I think  I will stick to my C7 because symbian Anna is awesome.... It is a shame about the new lumia (800 and 710).... I know Nokia is going to loose alot of customers....

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