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Re:Korean Smartphones Have Mandatory Shutter Sounds, 8 in 10... by TheRoque on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:22PM (#38415839)
What's funny is that's it's not about "Korean smartphones", it's about "smartphones on Korea". A friend of mine bought an iphone in France, and when she went to visit Korea, it started doing the shutter sound. It's just purely based on the localization! Same applies if a Korean moves abroad, I assume.
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Re:Korean Smartphones Have Mandatory Shutter Sounds, 8 in 10... by dharmab on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:26PM (#38415880)
iOS uses geofencing. Android typically uses the purchase region.
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Re:Korean Smartphones Have Mandatory Shutter Sounds, 8 in 10... by WD40ForRust2 on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:42PM (#38416024)
Android wins again!
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Re:Korean Smartphones Have Mandatory Shutter Sounds, 8 in 10... by gnicholas on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:50PM (#38416102)
That depends if you are a foreigner visiting Korea or a Korean who moved abroad...
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Re:Korean Smartphones Have Mandatory Shutter Sounds, 8 in 10... by lolsal on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:53PM (#38416129)
Sometimes things can be different without everything being a competition between corporations and testing brand allegiance.
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Re:Korean Smartphones Have Mandatory Shutter Sounds, 8 in 10... by gnicholas on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:29PM (#38415904)
It sounds like people have differing experiences with foreign phones being used in Korea. [1] Perhaps it is based on what SIM card you have installed, as one redditor suggested?

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/14el5lr/phone_shutte...

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Re:Korean Smartphones Have Mandatory Shutter Sounds, 8 in 10... by TheRoque on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:46PM (#38416056)
I doubt it's the only thing. Me and my friend moved to Korea, had the same Korean sim card. Only thing that changed is that I have an Android (Xiaomi), and she has an iPhone. Mine didn't start to do any sound.
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