My iPhone screen keeps locking up but phones appears to still be powered...

Sometimes when I get off a call or close out of an application, the screen on my phone will go black. The phone will still be powered on as this has happened when someone was calling me and it was vibrating due to the ring. I've tried to hold down the power button to power the phone off but instead of giving me the slide option to turn it off, it does nothing. Sometimes it will stay black for a few seconds, other times a few hours. I've tried plugging it into my pc and connecting to iTunes, plugging it into the wall socket as if I'm charging it, and even plugging it into a car charger to see if this would somehow reset the screen and nothing. Any suggestions? I've only had the iPhone for about 8 months and other than this, completely love it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Tap tap, is this thing on? Anyone else have any issues similar to this?

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