If you need to jailbreak...
That's just the point, isn't it? If you need to jailbreak an iPhone to get it do what others do from retail, then it's not a feature.
Android (and WinMo for those who still use it) allows you to turn just the phone off, differentiate between Data and standard phone and then tell it which one you want.
As for the Google overlord thing... It's not Google telling you what you can and can't do with a product that YOU have paid for - no, that's right up in the Apple "My way or no way" alley. This has been my experience with *every* Apple product I've used. Personally - I think that stinks.
If you want to be able to make the product your own, mould it and shape it into the useable piece of hardware that you wanted in the first place, don't buy Apple. Having said that - the iPhone looks cool, works well and is usable. Meh.
