cept thanks to android structure if you bought your phone under contract you have to:
1) wait for your manufacturer to compile a compatible (ie add useless junk to the vanilla android OS) version for your phone
2) wait for your carrier to then rape that carrier provided version further by adding their branded useless junk.
this usually delays any release flowing to your phone by anywhere from 3 months to 6 months. enjoy.
actually my iphone makes calls, sms, video conferencing, skype, email (exchange for work and gmail for personal), syncs contacts with gmail, syncs contact photos with facebook, tweets from twitter, tells me places for coffee and food via urbanspoon, tells me about traffic, boozebusses and speed cameras via trapster, navigation via tom tom, syncs via bluetooth to my sony headphones, my 16 satellite GPS receiver, and plugs into my car and lets me play music on it through my stereo and use the steering wheel controls natively, logs my trips automatically when it senses its in the car, then emails me a spreadsheet at the end of each month to give to work.
my galaxy on the other hand can connect to my samsung tv and make calls and send sms and look at flash (90% of which is just annoying ads anyways). fucking woo hoo.
If i wanted a deadshit phone I'd have bought a nokia, they're the best phones ever. I wanted a smartphone. fuck off with you "does it make calls" BS, if your phone fails to do everything short of juggling your nuts while giving you a sloppy BJ then you're either that poor that you can't afford new tech, or some kinda neanderthal that lives in the outback with no reception.
besides. kinda dumb when your day job is developing shit for iphone and android and you rock tech from the 90's. kinda like driving an R31 when you work for ferrari.