Phones are using what Aurelien has routinely described as “pixel garbage”.
So when listening to him, keep in mind that products which win awards such as “Best Smartphone Camera” such as Google’s Pixel family are “pixel garbage”. Engadget is part of the Yahoo family of brands
As Todd has pointed out, real estate photography is about marketing, and marketing is rarely about realism. That is why aggressive dynamic range compression and local tonemapping is standard practice in real estate photography nowadays.