Originally Posted by
bocastephen
As a follow up to my last post, I hope someone local in Japan can help me. I can place an order online for the phone, shipping in 3-4 weeks just in time for my next Tokyo trip, but when I select the option for pickup, the Apple website says I cannot ship to the Apple store for pickup, but rather choose from some generic non-Apple locations for pickup, and I have no idea what they are.
Any advise or guidance on ordering from Apple.com in Japan with local pickup would be appreciated.
Sorry, I can't help you on the pickup thing (hope someone else can) but in case you missed it AFAIK the shutter sound can't be turned off on a Japanese iPhone (as mandated by law) even when you leave the country. Apparently it's a firmware thing? I've seen posts of people that jailbreak around it or get their phone replaced when they return to their home country, but no other solutions.