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 use 1. or 2.?

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

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

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

   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 engines?