Why no voice dialing???

It's strange that a phone as advanced as the iphone is lacks some basic features that even cheap mobile phones have had for years like voice dialing. I remember my Moto v60i i had 4-5 years ago had this feature. Not sure why Apple chose not to include it in the iphone.
lenn

It's true what they say about "people don't believe what they see, the see what they believe" for the last time....
I AM NOT DISPUTING THE NEED FOR VOICE ACTIVATED DIALING.
How many times must I repeat that?????
what I am asking (that you keep conveniently ignoring) is...
If this is such an important feature to you why the heck would you buy the phone knowing it doesn't have it?????
I'm POSITIVE you once again won't answer and if you do, I'm sure it will be some whining and crying about Apple's "failure" to included voice dialing instead of owning up to your "failure" in purchasing a product that doesn't suit YOUR taste. Also please don't tell me you "didn't know" weather or not it had voice dialing or you "assumed" it would. What idiot would spend 600 bucks on a product without knowing if it will meet their needs? The EXACT iphone users manual included in every box is available from Apple as a free download. You can know everything any other user would know without dropping a dime
The phone is, what it is. If it suits you, buy it. If it doesn't, don't. Really quite simple. I too have features I'd like to see. So I submitted them here
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Where they might actually be seen by people who can effect change (fancy that) Yelling in here with "surprise" and "shock" doesn't do a darn. Unless it's pity you're after.
I eagerly await your response......To my ORIGINAL question that is. (hoping against hope)
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