Extreme Heat... again!!

OK... now I'm getting a little frustrated here.
I am on my 4th phone, and it looks like I will soon be saying my 5th.
Phone #1 - Battery life very poor, extreme heat in use and when charging. This developed after 2 weeks of use. WiFi and Bluetooth off, auto backlight, ~20% brightness.
Phone #2 - All radios died (WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM, EDGE) and a message popped up saying "Service Required: iPhone cannot make or receive calls." Restore did not fix the issue, and in fact, bricked the phone.
Phone #3 - GSM signal loss, with no return until phone was turned off and back on. This is in 5 bar locations, all other phones in same location no issues. Sent in via Apple Care and replaced.
Phone #4 - This phone has now developed the same issue as phone #1. Extreme heat during use and charging, VERY poor battery life (drains in standby after 12 hours w/ WiFi and Bluetooth off, auto backlight, ~20% brightness, in a strong signal strength area.) This has developed after 1 week.
The phones have only been connected to the charger and cable supplied. Dock is used sometimes.
What is going on? This thing is so hot, I can feel the heat coming off of the glass screen when hovering my hand about 1/2 inch above the glass.
I don't want to get a refund for the phone... but this is frustrating getting a replacement week or so.
Any suggestions as to what is causing this? Anything I can do to troubleshoot the issue?
I tried a hard boot thinking possibly a software issue (infinite loop.) No deal.
I have an infrared thermometer I can shoot it with when I get home to see what the actual non-subjective temperature is.
As I write this... I'm starting to smell that "overheated electronic component" smell... but I haven't seen the "Ghost" come out yet.

I wonder if it is related to the problem I had the other day. I had checked email and done a few things, then went to my friends house. When I pulled the iphone out last it only showed half the battery life it had no more than an hour ago and it felt very warm near the top half. I went to check email again and it just sat there saying it was checking at the bottom, but the top did not show the usual 'iphone beachball' that it usually did. I could not get any new emails nor browse the web, only a hard reset took care of it. It was almost as if it was had been stuck in transmit mode for some time and was locked up. That is why the battery life dropped drastically and felt warm.

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