N82 10 hours Battery

My N82's battery started giving me problems and I replaced it with a new one bought from Nokia for 10kd (about 40 dollars) three days ago.
Now the problems are
1- It takes atleast 6 hours to recharge.
2- It doesn't say 'battery full' unless I turn my phone off and recharge it.
3- The first point of the battery lasts for about 8 hours*total idle. The rest last for about two hours or one 10 minutes phonecall.
There are absolutely no applications installed apart from whatsapp, the bluetooth is permanently off, and so is wifi (search and connection both off).
Should I take my battery back to Nokia centre for replacement? Or is it a general problem in all N82s? In that case I'll have to get another phone because 10 hours is just impossible to live with.

Certainly not normal behaviour. You could install Nokia Energy Profiler from here just to see what current is being consumed:
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/324866e9-0460-4fa4-ac53-01f0c392d40f/Nokia_Energy_Pr...
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