Apparently if you buy an iPhone 3G in Japan, the shutter sound when you take pictures can’t be turned off. Now, I know in other camera phones this holds true, but this is, I believe, the first time a country-specific action has been taken to prevent perverts from taking sneaky pictures, for the iPhone at least. So basically, you can turn the phone on silent mode, but it will still make that clicky sound.
My question is, why just Japan? I’m not one to encourage things that make people’s lives less convenient. After all, that click sound is pretty annoying. And what if you were trying to take a picture of a bird or something? That click would no doubt cause you to take a picture of a big blur as the bird is scared away.
But getting back to my point (yes, I have one), I want to know why girls in Japan are getting protection from perverts with iPhones and us gals in the US aren’t? What’s to say someone in a New York subway couldn’t pull the same sort of trick they’re afraid of happening in Japan? I don’t know. A mildly annoying clicking sound each time I take a picture is kind of a small price to pay to ensure some sicko can’t get a picture up my dress. With an iPhone, at least.
[via Gadget Lab at Wired.com]
[Photo by Jeff Epstein]
