Iphone 5 touch screen works then becomes unresponsive.

The touch screen on my iphone 5 stops working sporadically every time I use it.
I will turn it on and start using it, but after about 15 - 30 seconds it will always become unresponsive.
What I do to get around this is to touch the power button -> turning the screen black.
Turn it on again and resume. But this is extremely inconvenient, to have to do this every time I am typing, playing a game, trying to control my music.
In the worst case scenarios I am unable to answer calls! -> As you cannot turn the screen off and back on while it is ringing and if my phone decides to become unresponsive I am unable to do anything!
I have noticed a slew of issues that have come since the new IOS has come out and this is the most incovenient of them all.
Can anyone help me out here?

This issue is driving me nuts too - began just after installing newest verson of IOS.  I've reset to factory settings and I still have this issue.

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