Why is my iPhone 5 freezing since the last software update?

My iPhone 5 started to freeze after the last software update for iOS 7.1.  
It started shortly after when I noticed my timer would freeze and I wouldn't be able to turn it off once the alarm sounded at the end.  Usually I can reverse the freeze by pressing the off button.
However, this morning I visited several webpages embedded in emails and after about the 5th webpage, the phone locked and the last webpage I visited lightly flashed and kept recycling.  Pressing the off button didn't help this time.  I finally plugged it in to recharge and after an hour or so, it returned to the normal menu settings after putting in my password.
The problem seems to be getting more frequent.
Has anyone else had problems with their iPhone 5 freezing?

Thanks for the suggestion but I tried that first and it didn't bring up the apple logo as it should have.
I haven't tried "restore" yet but I guess that will be my next move when it freezes again.
(Several friends have mentioned their iPhones are freezing now too after the last software update so this problem could get bigger.)

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