My iPhone 3GS battery goes from 65% to nothing and crashes. What cani I do?

AFter my battery gets to around 65% it just shuts down. What can I do to fix this problem?

My 3GS is almost 2yrs old and only has 1 small minor crack next to the dock connector.  It's barely even noticeable.
Going through 10 seperate devices in 2yrs is ridiculous.  I could see 3 or 4 being bad luck... 10 is the user being too rough on the device.
Frankly, your posting is the first I've heard of "Apple using inferior materials".  If that were truly the case, there would be postings all over the Internet and it would be big news on TV and in the papers.  You saw the fiasco over the supposed antenna issue on the iPhone4, correct?
If you are going to continue to use iPhones, I would strongly suggest you get an Otterbox case to keep it in and never remove it from the case.

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