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Originally Posted by Your Mileage May Vary
High-power or high-volume motorcycle engines generate intense high-amplitude vibrations, which are transmitted through the chassis and handlebars. It is not recommended to attach your iPhone to motorcycles with high-power or high-volume engines due to the amplitude of the vibration in certain frequency ranges that they generate.
Attaching your iPhone to vehicles with small-volume or electric engines, such as mopeds and scooters, may lead to comparatively lower-amplitude vibrations, but if you do so a vibration dampening mount is recommended to lessen the risk of damage to your iPhone and its OIS and AF systems.
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I took that to mean Harleys  but, as they say, other shakers are available.
I tend not to use iPhones as routine sat-navs (in fact Google maps on my wife's recent iPhone lasted about 20mins of day one in France before I switched it off - and that was less than two weeks ago) but I know others do. I don't suppose Apple are going to distinguish between bikes for warranty claims from now on. It'll be no motorcycle use at all - even if it's in your pocket. Fortunately I'm still using my old iPhone 6 (until next Aug anyway when my next hand me down is due) and that seems to predate the dodgy camera modules.
My experience with bike breakages has been that harmful as low frequency vibes are (double vision / fillings falling out etc  ), high frequency stuff is just as bad. I've had components break off from circuit boards before with high frequency (two stroke) vibes, bulb filaments break and plates come loose inside batteries. Usually though it doesn't take much rubber to cut those out. The lower frequency / bigger amplitude vibes are harder to isolate (think old British bikes). Hit a resonant frequency and nothing much will survive.
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