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Whereas owners in other countries can turn off sounds when taking pictures, customers in Japan are stuck with that fake shutter sound, though they can choose to have it say "cheese" instead. This is a change of policy from that of Apple, which let Japanese owners of the original iPhone turn off the noise. It's always a drag when a few bad apples ruin things for everyone else, but at least girls are now safe from pevs toting Japanese iPhones. [Source: Nobiblog, via Cult Of Mac]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsKentJul 21st 2008 3:38PM
Isn't it just a tad bit too late when one hears the faux shutter sound?
mandeeJul 21st 2008 4:36PM
i know really
A girl in NCJul 22nd 2008 11:04AM
Perverts are annoying. Why does this happen in Japan more than other countries? I wouldn't buy an iphone in the first place. I'll stick with my 20$ basic phone I bought after three years.
NFSGamerUSAJul 21st 2008 8:05PM
Please, I'm sure there's an easy hack to get past that.
wakoJul 22nd 2008 1:10AM
Im not trying to defend these pervs, but I guess a good counter argument is why do girls wear such revealing clothes now a days? insecurity much?
wakoisstupidJul 23rd 2008 8:49PM
dear wako, if i wear a short skirt it doesn't mean i want someone to take a picture of what is under that skirt. people have a right to wear what they want however tasteless the clothing is. taking unsolicited personal pictures of people without their knowledge is a slimy, disgusting, preverted thing to do. defending any right to do so negates the right of the other person not to be photographed.
MJul 22nd 2008 3:37AM
wako, pam could easily counter back by saying well that's because of men too. It's what they want to see.
And you know what, she's right actually; I guess if most men didn't want to see the skimpy clothing they probably wouldn't dress that way.
kevjohnJul 22nd 2008 4:48PM
Won't this just lead to an increase in "shark" attacks?
Yuri KageyamaJul 23rd 2008 3:35AM
Fascinating thought but isn't it true the iPhone as sold in the U.S. also has a camera shutter click that can't be automatically muted? In which case, the fact that the click remains audible isn't a feature tailor-made for the Japanese market at all but just a regular standard global iPhone feature? Any thoughts?
Yuri Kageyama
ykageyama@ap.org
Jonny MortlockJul 23rd 2008 7:31AM
"This is a change of policy from that of Apple, which let Japanese owners of the original iPhone turn off the noise"
um... not possible. Japanese phone networks only support 3G phones, first iphone didn't work in Japan (found out the hard way)
wildbluebird2002Jul 24th 2008 2:22AM
I think that is AWESOME!