the reason phone manufacturers put that shutter sound there w/out the option to disable is because creeps would take pictures of unassuming people on the street, subway, changing rooms, etc. Why would a normal person want that disabled? hmmm.....
How about taking pictures of rocks and sediments in class (petroleum geology) and when everyone start clinking it is annoying. We are allowed to take pictures in class...
There are cameras still out there with shutter silence and ALL my iPhone friends have their shutters to silence. This is sooo unfair for Bold 9900 users.