New battery problem

hello, last week i was able to get my orig. MBP battery replaced before applecare ran out (on 10.31). upon putting it in the computer, i noticed the battery status said "not charging." i re-set the SMC, but the error did not go away. i called apple TS, and they had me re-set the PRAM. that made the error go away and it had an 85% charge. i wanted to calibrate the battery, so i charged it up to 100%, then ran it on the battery for 2 hours. it then shut down, with no warning. not sleep, shut down. during the 2 hours, i had wifi on, screen very dim, and did mild surfing and watched a youtube video.
question: 2 hours is not very long for a brand new battery is it? since it shut down w/o warning, does that mean something may be wrong w/ the battery or mac? is there anything i can do, or should i call TS back?
thanks for any help in this.

Hi,
same happened for me today. I installed a new battery yesterday (it showed a capacity of 5450mAh) and to see if everything is ok I wanted to run a full calibration cycle. But today, instead of showing the low battery dialog, my Macbook Pro turned of at 11% after 2,5hours of work on battery power. Also the capacity is now only 5100mAh.
Let's see what happens tomorrow. Overall it is already the fourth battery in this Macbook Pro, but the first that shows this issue after one cycle.
Regards
Guenther

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