Can I mute the shutter sound for Japanese iPhones on iOS 17?

Phones manufactured for specific markets have features, such as the camera shutter sound, which cannot be eliminated, regardless of where you live and will use the phone.

I recently purchased an iPhone 15 Pro Max in Japan, which I am now using in Norway. When I activate "Live Photo," the shutter sound disappears, but there is still a beep after taking the picture.

If I switch the phone to silent mode, there is no sound at all when taking photos, regardless of whether "Live Photo" is activated.

I hope this puts any concerns to rest.

Kind regards,

Hugo Berg Otterlei

Not true. Bought japanese iphone today, launched it with russian sim in russia and it worked fine. Without the sim yes - cannot be turned off, location Japan - cannot be turned off, otherwise can be turned off.

shamil277 wrote:

is it the same for 15pro Japanese version?

Yes, of course it is. It's a requirement for ALL phones (regardless of model or manufacturer) made for the Japanese market.

No, it's not. And if Apple made this change in iOS 15, it wasn't widely reported, so as far as we knew, we were correct in saying the shutter sound cannot be muted, regardless of location, because that's how it was for many years.

Please post the model number of the iPhone you purchased.

Settings > General > About > Model

EDIT: I've just read that other people are suggesting that changing the SIM when outside Japan does permit someone to mute the camera shutter sound. This is news I simply was not aware of, but it evidently requires an iPhone which can run iOS 15 or higher. So, it does appear you may well be correct.

No. You can not.

Not true.

Yes, you can. Simply mute your iPhone, that's all. I have iPhone 13 JAP version as well but with Philippines network.

Thank you. But if you still know about iPhones bought&produced in other countries and them being switched to "Japan mode" with shutter sound always while in Japan, please reply🙏

Also posting the model below. (I don't know why the settings model code differs from the type-c charger inscribed code).

is it the same for 15pro Japanese version?