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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

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.

dharmab 3y ago
iOS uses geofencing. Android typically uses the purchase region.
- WD40ForRust2 3y ago
  Android wins again!
  - gnicholas 3y ago
    That depends if you are a foreigner visiting Korea or a Korean who moved abroad...
  - lolsal 3y ago
    Sometimes things can be different without everything being a competition between corporations and testing brand allegiance.
gnicholas 3y ago
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_shutter_sound_law/?rdt=40810 https://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/14el5lr/phone_shutte...
- TheRoque 3y ago
  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.