5s wifi drops - is it the iPhone or the AirPort Express?

I just got my first iPhone (which I love!), but I'm having trouble using it with my home wifi. It constantly drops the connection after a minute or so of use, or says I'm not connected when it shows I am connected. Often, when I get disconnected, I have to dismiss the "Unable to join the network" message multiple times to get connected again. The drops happen when I'm actively using the connection, such as a Hulu video.
I have no problem troubleshooting an issue, but I don't know what device to troubleshoot!
At home, I use a 2012 MacBook Air, a 2010 Mac Mini, and an iPad 2. I have an AirPort Express Base Station (MC414LL/A). I have absolutely no issues with the wifi, except with the new iPhone 5s. Makes it seem like the problem is the iPhone.
However, in the past few days, I've used about three other wifi networks, and have not experienced the wifi disconnect problem at all. Makes it seem like the issue is with my AirPort Express. I did a firmware update to the AE. I'm using WPA2.
Any advice on where to start? Thanks!

sorry, here we go:
open a terminal using finder
and issue this command:
traceroute www.google.com hit enter
take a note the first ip address (99% this is the router ip address)
type control c to stop the command
now type ping "router ip address"
leave it pinging for 30 second then type control c
observe the ping statistcs
if there is packet loss, this is the problem why you are seeing the message for a while

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