V3 battery life

I got the V3 razr, it's the first Cell Phone I've opted to own, So I'm not
for sure what the battery life on these beast are.

I let my V3 charge with it's new battery before powering it on. It said
Charge complete within 2 hours (even though the manual said let i tcharge
for 12-15) I hardly use it much for calling, I probably send 1 or 2 text
messages a day, and normally use Phone Tools for that. I find right now, it
doesn't hold a charge for more than 48 hours

I thought maybe I charged the batter wrong, and should have waited the 12-15
hours, So I bought a new battery at the store and even though it said fully
charged in 45 mins, I let it sit plugged in (and turned off) for 17 hours.
But it seems the new battery is just like the old one. 48 hours of standby
and it's dead.

I guess it's kinda normal, but one thing that drives me nuts is how wrong
the battery indicator seems to be. I will show 6 bars the first 30-36 hours,
then drop to 4 bars, after another 12 hours, the phone is dead. I've only
seen it go to 2 bars once.

Overall, my usuage of the phone is pretty low, so I'm not sure if that's the
standard charge and discharge time regardless, or if the V3 just doesn't
have a good battery life because it's so small. I would sure hate to use the
phone very much, as it would seem to me, it would die in the first 24 hours

Am I all wet, is this normnal battery life for Cell phones ?

Thanks

Dale