EIS
Electronic Image Stabilization
Technology that compensates for unintentional camera movement without any physical moving parts, particularly when recording video.
The main alternative technology, OIS (optical image stabilization) does use physical moving parts.
See: OIS
OIS is generally superior. Many higher-end phones employ both technologies.
Last updated Jul 3, 2023 by Rich Brome
Editor in Chief Rich became fascinated with cell phones in 1999, creating mobile web sites for phones with tiny black-and-white displays and obsessing over new phone models. Realizing a need for better info about phones, he started Phone Scoop in 2001, and has been helming the site ever since. Rich has spent two decades researching and covering every detail of the phone industry, traveling the world to tour factories, interview CEOs, and get every last spec and photo Phone Scoop readers have come to expect. As an industry veteran, Rich is a respected voice on phone technology of the past, present, and future.
