SIM card failure on iPhone 5... Sprint

My iPhone 5 has already been replaced due to a screen issue.  Now with the new one I am getting a SIM card failure message.  The message states that the network has failed and my SIM card is locked.  If I power off the phone it works for about 45 minutes then fails again.  I took it to the sprint store and they put a new SIM card in the phone and spent the day checking everything.  It worked for three days and now today I get the SIM card failed message again.  I am going to the apple store again tomorrow...but for my $300 I've received nothing but a device that is unpredictable, and isn't working.  Is this an apple issue? Sprint issue?  My husbands phone works very well with no issues.  Same phone same carrier.  Do I return the phone ?  I am super frustrated.  Please help me resolve this issue.

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