So my phone turned off and won't turn back on

my phone turned off on Tuesday and I eventually got it back on by syncing it up. Now, it turned off again, and I'm away from my cord to sync it to turn it on. Either way, this is clearly a problem. I believe I should be getting a new iPhone because of this. This is unacceptable.

Whenever you sync the phone it automatically creates a backup so you don't need to try to do them separately. The backup would contain your contacts, calendars, app data, and Camera Roll among other things.
More info about backups specifically can be found here: 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
I would also make sure that when you sync the phone that you have all the pertinent checkboxes ticked, such as the Sync Address Book Contacts checkbox in the Info tab. You should also import your photos from the phone to your photo management software(Image Capture, iPhoto, etc.). This will ensure that the information from the phone will be stored in the backup file and on the computer in your address book, photo folder etc.
Sometimes the backup can contain software settings and code that can cause the problems to reoccur, which is why I recommended both the sync and backup. If after restoring the phone and restoring the data from a backup the issues are still present you can restore the phone and set it up as new. If after setting it up as new the issues are still present then your issues are hardware related.

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