Iphone 4 mass storage

i have recently noticed I am unable to use my iphone 4 as a mass storage device, unlike the ipod and ipod touch the iphone 4 some how does not have this option.
i have researched on your site and you have nothing on this subject, I have also searched on other sites but they are all useless. one site did give me an option to use a program called phone disk which would allow me to use my phone as a mass storage device but the program did not work.
if there is something major and obvious that i am missing please do tell, other wise i would like to know if there is a reason that this is not possible.
so in summary my question is: how do i turn my iphone 4 into a mass storage device and if not possible why?
joel taylor

how do i turn my iphone 4 into a mass storage device
You can't, the iPhone does not support disk mode.
if not possible why?
Because that's the way Apple designed things.

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