This makes me believe it's the user not the phone
The Storm 2 didn't come out until the VERY end of October. Let's work this out, shall we. If you just got your Droid recently. that means you went through 5 Storms in well under 5 months.
My girlfriend went through 4 storm 1's and 2 storm 2's before she threw it away (literally) and bought an EnV2 off craigslist. She never mistreated the phone, has a rigid case for both, and they were both terrible. So yes, I can see why people are going through 5 Storm 2's.