Iphone 5 screen not auto turning off

I was wondering if anyone else has noticed a difference in how the new iPhone turns off.  With my iPhone 4, I'd drop it in the trouser pocket and it would shut off within the 5 minutes, as set with auto lock.  But for some reason the new phone stays on.  I've forgotten to manually shut off the screen and found the phone on and the battery almost empty.  Annoying, to say the least.  The settings are exactly as they were with my previous phone, so I'm wondering if the touch screen technology for the new phone is different.
Anyone else found this?  And, more importantly, has anyone else found a solution to fix it?

This is a real problem for my new iPhone 5. I have auto-lock set to one minute.  It works less than 50% of the time. I do have Assistive Touch turned on under Accessibility.  I had the same set-up on my iPhone 4 running iOS 5...never had a problem.  My battery is going down prematurely because of this.  Help.  Please.
UPDATE:  I tried the suggestion above.  When I touch the screen last...auto lock works.  If I don't, the screen stays on.  Thanks for the help.  I am hoping that a software update will fix this issue.  For now, I am happy to know about this temporary fix.
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