Defective 3G? Genius says "no". You tell me.

Ok. Had the 3G for about 6 months now. Been to my local Apple Store 3 times. Guess I'll get right to it. Problems:
1: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1890448&tstart=30
2: Phone gets "uncomfortably" warn, to the point I have to put it down to cool off when doing something as basic as browsing Gizmodo over 3G.
3: High-spot on the back case or a dent coming outward. Like something inside the phone is poking the inside of the back casing. Its inside of the "bite" of the Apple logo.
4: Battery will jump from being full to almost dead. I know the battery drains quickly when the phone locks up. But its happen 3 times to me now and the phone wasn't locked up.
5: Have to "hard reset" the phone at least once a day. Due to it locking up and/or lagging.
6: My accelerometer is waaaaaay off in landscape mode.
7: Minor light leak on the left side.
7: This one just started happening. When I put the phone is sleep mode(pressing the sleep button) that dim screen that pops up when your phone is about to die with the battery icon with the plug and lighting bolt. That will pop up, When i hit the home button it goes away and my "slide to unlock" screen come up like normally and my battery is full.
But every time I go to the Genius Bar i get denied, i get the same old "its normal iterations", "when the last time you reformatted?", "you should probably format" shenanigans. I've formatted it 3 times. I know my phone is usable(under statement) and i love it, but i don't want it to crap out on me come my 1 year. Its been 2 months since my last visit and I'm fed up.
What should I do?

tyme1012 wrote:
Had anyone else had such a hard time getting a replacement?
nope... every apple store experience has been painless for me... other than the first one (who knew you needed an appointment for a computer store ) i swapped my original 3g out 2 times before i returned it
my 3gs has been nice since i did a restore and setup as new phone...
1: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1890448&tstart=30
print out a picture on a 8x10 and take it in... they should replace a defect in the camera...
2: Phone gets "uncomfortably" warn, to the point I have to put it down to cool off when doing something as basic as browsing Gizmodo over 3G.
restore then setup as NEW PHONE then don't restore from backup again
3: High-spot on the back case or a dent coming outward. Like something inside the phone is poking the inside of the back casing. Its inside of the "bite" of the Apple logo.
defect...
4: Battery will jump from being full to almost dead. I know the battery drains quickly when the phone locks up. But its happen 3 times to me now and the phone wasn't locked up.
should be fixed with a restore and setup as NEW PHONE and never use a backup
5: Have to "hard reset" the phone at least once a day. Due to it locking up and/or lagging.
should be fixed with a restore and setup as NEW PHONE and never use a backup
6: My accelerometer is waaaaaay off in landscape mode.
defect... should replace the phone
7: Minor light leak on the left side.
defect... should replace the phone
7: This one just started happening. When I put the phone is sleep mode(pressing the sleep button) that dim screen that pops up when your phone is about to die with the battery icon with the plug and lighting bolt. That will pop up, When i hit the home button it goes away and my "slide to unlock" screen come up like normally and my battery is full.
been hearing about this one the last couple days in these forums... not sure but i suspect a restore and setup as NEW PHONE will work.
But every time I go to the Genius Bar i get denied, i get the same old "its normal iterations", "when the last time you reformatted?", "you should probably format" shenanigans. I've formatted it 3 times. I know my phone is usable(under statement) and i love it, but i don't want it to crap out on me come my 1 year. Its been 2 months since my last visit and I'm fed up.
they are confusing the software issues with the physical defects... they should replace the phone speak with a manager.

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