Is this good battery life for an iPhone 4?

I have two iPhone 4's. (That's iPhone 4, not 4s! )   I was wondering how well their battery life was holding up.
Over several days of use, I found the following. (These are different usage patterns, after a full charge of the battery.)
iPhone 4 #1
     After 8 hours, the battery was at 34%.
     Another time, after 5 1/2 hours, 56%.
     Yet another, after 10 1/2 hours, 14%.
IPhone 4 #2
    After 7 hours, the battery was at 45%.
    Another time after a full charge, usage was 5 hours and battery 55%.
I used both phones similarly in the 5 usage periods.
Would this be the best way to determine which iPhone's battery is in better shape? (They seem similar.)
Or, is there an app that would provide the equivalent of what the Mac's System Profiler does--telling mAH remaining on the battery and a verbal adjective describing the battery's condition?

haleyfromtoledo wrote:
Is this normal?
I just charged my phone to a full 100%.
Now it is at 96%.
With usage: 13minutes.
And standby: 33 minutes.
The battery drains about 1% for every 4 minutes of use, so that seems normal. But it's too small a sample to be meaningful. You need to go through several discharge cycles and record the results to determine if you are within spec. Alternatively, stop being obsessive about battery life and just enjoy the phone.

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erg.
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