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“The solitary rear camera on the iPhone 16e is a 48MP Fusion camera, with an f/1.6 aperture. This is mostly the same as the iPhone 16's version, but there's the more typical optical image stabilization in use, not the sensor-shift version.”

There are only two ways to do image stabilization: shift the lens and/or shift the sensor. These can be done digitally as well as analog. While I do not doubt that Apple’s statements are intentional, I cannot conceive of the lens on a smartphone being the mobile part (not the same as knowing it is not the case). Thus “optical image stabilization” (which removes digital trickery as an option) is almost definitely of the sensor shift variety.

I’d be interested to find out why Apple uses different terms.

As usual, Satechi “designs for Mac” and leaves out Thunderbolt. This is not for me. So why do I post? In case somebody is in doubt of whether it is for them.