Year-old 4S freezes up--what to do?

My year-old iPhone 4S had given me no trouble until three weeks ago, when it suddenly froze in the Charlotte, NC airport. Didn't respond to screen touch, nor to the Home or top power button. Just as I was about to look for a safety pin or toothpick to do a hard reset, it went black and then rebooted; it behaved fine till today. Suddenly, it froze first when Bluetoothed to my Ford Fusion and it took several attempts to pick up an incomng call. Then a few minutes later during texting--three times. Then during e-mailing, sometimes after typing a character or two; eventually, even when swiping to unlock from the home screen. It behaved again when I plugged it into the car to recharge. But I am tired of not knowing whether I can depend on it. I am 11 months from being eligibile to upgrade to a 5. What do I do? What causes it?

I usually turn off my phone once a week or so (top button, screen goes black, Apple logo comes up when I hit the top button again). Otherwise, I put it to sleep (like my MacBook Pro, which never freezes or locks up). I get nervous about letting the battery completely drain--it gets close (<20% power) once a week or so--because I don't want to be caught without a phone when I need it. (I also have Sprint, but its phone hasn't worked no matter how often I reboot--which sometimes it'll do spontaneously over and over and over--so if my iPhone dies I'm incommunicado).
I am using the most recent update of iOS 6--6.0.1, I think (I was still using 5 the first time it locked up in Charlotte, and when I got home to Chicago I figured I might as well give in and update when the first bug fix was announced).
Thanks for heading me off using the paper clip---some jerk in the Charlotte airport lounge (he was using an iPhone 4S also) suggested it, but the phone revived before I could do anything stupid. And I AM using a case--albeit a thin Speck Pixel Skin (one piece of silicone that covers just the back and sides). I've shied away from OtterBox Defender after it caused my Sprint HTC EVO 4G to overheat dangerously (which probably set that perpetual reboot cycle in motion).
Finally, thanks for the advice to hold both buttons down for >15 sec.--had no idea it'd take THAT long. Will try all these suggestions next time the phone acts up.
But has anyone else here had an issue with their iPhones freezing up--and if so, not have the above measures work?

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