IPhone 3GS Faulty Battery

A few days ago using maps on my iPhone 3GS it turned off (it actually shut down, it didn't just cut out) and it wouldn't turn back on. After plugging it into the charger I got the low battery screen, until it turned on after about 10 minutes. Before it 'shut down' the battery was no lower than 60% and it was at ~70% by the time it came on after plugging it into the charger, so the battery definitely hadn't run flat. It then lasted as normal, I charged it again at around 20%, as usual.
Today the same thing happened again. The battery had been charging and was at 100%. About 3 minutes after unplugging it, during a call, it shut down. I've had it plugged into the charger for about two hours now but it still gives the low battery screen, even though it's fully charged.
It's never been jailbroken or unlocked and it's less than a month old, I've tried restoring but it fails at the 'preparing iPhone' stage. Has anybody else experienced this, or is there a fix for it?
Thanks.

I think mine is starting down that same road. The other day while looking at a news app, the phone reset itself without my touching anything but the screen. It blanked, turned back on, showed a message "iPhone Activated", then worked fine. Yesterday I had been away from the phone, so checked to see if there were any messages, everything was fine. When I came back 20 minutes later, the phone was completely dead. I came home and saw the same indication... the sliver of red on the battery with the charge symbol below it. It powered up and synced after about 10 minutes of charging. I've since been watching it closely and it seems like the battery life is dropping significantly. I keep wifi turned off unless I'm home, and much of the time I keep it charging. I fetch email, but only hourly. And I do keep it on 3G. I'm not certain there is a problem, but I'd expect it to perform better.

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