HT201412 Anyone else's iPad Air become unresponsive for a minute or more every once in a while since iOS 7.1?

A couple times a day, I open my iPad Air's cover and nothing happens.  It will show whatever I last had on my screen, but hitting the home button, the lock button, any hand gestures....nothing is responsive.  This lasts for around/over a minute. I hard reset and that makes it work for a while, but it freezes far more often than it should since 7.1.  I'd rather the springboard crashes, since that is SO much faster than waiting for the iPad to be responsive again.
I just want Apple to be aware and wonder if/when we might see some sort of resolution to this.  It's Apple's flagship iPad yet it freezes like a bottom-tier device.  No bueno!

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You can tell Apple at http://Apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
There is something amiss on your iPad. You should consider restoring it to Factory condition via iTunes on a computer.

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