The 12 minis battery is shit lol

My point is that they are completely different products. An iPhone is downright useless compared to a gaming laptop in terms of power, just as an Apple Watch is useless compared to an iPhone in terms of using it as a phone. It’s a flagship watch with high end materials, and it’s usecase is completely different. Yeah it doesn’t have a camera, but an iPhone SE doesn’t have a blood oxygen sensor, heart rate monitor, the ability to see how much your breathing, track workouts, etc.

Also, the chip of an iPhone is good but not nearly as good as the cpu and gpu of a gaming laptop, laptops don’t need multi touch displays, a lot of them are oled or mini led, a laptop doesn’t need the sensors, there are laptops with aluminum frames that can be really fucking expensive, and stainless steel isn’t as expensive as apple makes it out to be (trust me. I took a whole course on the manufacturing of metals and their costs and uses. A fridge can be entirely made of stainless steel for pretty cheap)

Why does an iPhone 14 pro max (a flagship phone) cost the same as a mid-low end gaming laptop? The phone has worse specs, can’t run VR AT ALL, no dedicated graphics card.

This is the exact same argument ur currently making. They have different purposes and are for different people

I personally would only go for the pro if you want better photos. Taking almost any photo at 2 or 3x zoom makes them look so much nicer

120hz display only matters if you already own other 120hz displays

Dynamic Island is a feature, not a game changer

And a pretty good battery on the pros