From an SEO perspective , consider the following website presenting mobile phones. The website will have a section for "Best phones" where you can find a list of phones with short descriptions and a link to a full description for the phone you wish to read about.

Is it better to :

1. Use posts for phone descriptions and review, and put these posts in a certain category . That category will stand as the "best phones" list .

ex:
example.com/best-phones/  <-- this is a category
example.com/best-phones/samsung-galaxy/ <-- this is a post

or

2. Create normal static pages for both the "best phones list" as well as for the phones themselves.

ex:
example.com/best-phones/ <-- this is a static page . containing a list of phones and a short description for each one
example.com/best-phones/samsung-galaxy/  <-- this is a static page too containing a full description of samsung galaxy .

The content and linking would be the same . I guess the main difference is [page vs post] and [category vs page]. I know that posts are time sensitive . So that is why i am not sure i should use posts instead of pages.

I am strictly asking in regards to SEO. for example i know the first option would be much easier to update and maintain , but i am not asking about that

Strictly regarding SEO and how these websites would rank in a search engine .