I am a prosumer who, when I go out “to take photos,” carry a Sony A7RV with a selection of prime lenses, shoot RAW and post-process in Capture One. But when I’m out and about, I carry my iphone 14 pro, and it’s “the best camera since it’s the one that’s with me.”
The thing about good equipment is it gives you more options - which includes the option to really mess up. I’ve often taken a photo with my “good” camera where I’ve forgotten to adjust one of the settings, and then the snapshot I took with my iphone as a backup saves me (especially shooting in ProRAW and using RAWpower). There also have been times where the lighting is tricky - high contrast in extreme dynamic range, noon-time light - where I’ve taken a photo with my Sony, worked on it post-processing, came out with something I liked - and found it’s better than the iPhone backup shot, but not that much better. iPhone does a lot of the heavy lifting.
I wish Apple would stop sharpening so much as the default, but it does a surprising good job when I take the time to stop, compose, frame a scene appropriately - though never as good as when I have my good equipment. (Especially the Sony prime lenses….the 24 and 50 mm GMs are incredible).