Originally Posted by
SugoiHikouki
I believe it's a feature for phones purchased in markets where shutter is not mutable. At some point in the last 2-3 years, Apple updated the OS/firmware so geolocation will allow muting the shutter when those phones are outside areas where muting is disabled. None of this applies to phones purchased in most countries.
So my phone should be silent all the time since it's a non-Japanese model?