All true. However, once you get into post processing you realise the limitations of phones, if you have something to compare against.
A good starting point on a budget but take phone specs/claims with a pinch of salt. The limitation is the lens and the sensor physical size.
Yes, there are better cameras with much better sensors and much better lenses.
Usually the smartphone lenses can't be stopped down and most of them have wide angle lenses only. These are also unpleasant technical limitations.
Another aspect is the non-existent ergonomy of smart phones in comparison to real cameras - for people who can use their right hand.
Nevertheless I'm sure that at least a couple of the most iconic photographs were taken with less capable technology than in modern smartphones.
The photographers knew and know the limitations of their equipment and they learned to live with it. There is always a limitation somewhere in the way of taking
the important photograph. Perhaps the auto focus misses the bird in flight, the focal legnth is too long to get the whole building front on the photograph and we can't step back further or it's too dark to get enough light with given aperture, shutter speed and ISO value or something else. The limitations of smartphones are just narrower.
Imho it's more important to begin to take photographs and to learn photographic techniques to get most out of the camera we have than to begin to compare technical data.
Comparison is the thief of joy.
But perhaps photography of any kind isn't the right activity for the OP.
Perhaps sewing or knitting could be the right thing.
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