My 3gs shuts down spontaneously after 5 minutes

My iPhone 3GS started to act up recently.
It just shuts down spontaneously after about 5 minutes irregardless of what I am doing with it.
It is not a jail-break phone.
Can someone please help?

My iPhone is doing the same. Went to apple they showed me how to click home twice then hold the most bottom left icon, then there will be a row of icons across the bottom screen these are all the apps running at the same time. Try closing them all except what you need. Because this multitasks it could be crashing.
However...
Also could be the lithium-ion battery/controller. Because lithium batteries cannot be allowed to be discharged completely they have (I suspect) a built in controlling device. If this device or the battery does not operate according to design your phone will shut down so the battery does not over discharge. Lithium-ion batteries should never be exposed to extreme heat either.
Because I feel that my problem is my battery I am taking it back and insisting replacement

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