Originally Posted by
pesos
Personally I would never buy a phone here (I always get mine abroad) because due to Japanese law the phone has to make the shutter sound when taking a photo even when on silent/vibrate.
I think it is SIM driven these days. I have a dual SIM phone bought in Japan, leave my foreign SIM in slot 1 and my docomo SIM in slot 2. Even with slot 1 deactivated I don't hear a single sound when using my camera.