Something is being misunderstood, here, it’s not an iPhone crammed into a laptop in a way that requires add’l software work. A simple analogy that fits is its a MacBook with cheaper parts and a M0 series chip.
That's not quite true, as every SoC requries quite significant software bringup for an OS that makes other software engineering tasks seem miniscule in comparison - macOS and iOS just share enough common code that it's not as big of a deal for Apple.
Also not sure why you'd label it as "M0", as trivially beats the M1 on several metrics.
Also not sure why you'd label it as "M0", as trivially beats the M1 on several metrics.