The design of a battery for a phone is nowhere near the capability of C rate and discharge amperage needed to power multi hundred watt load electric motors. Totally different thing.

Those are some very portable goalposts.

UAVs have high C rates and high durability.

EVs or even aircraft don't need anywhere near 40C.

Battery people keep comparing apples, and oranges.

Battery pack energy density, battery, single cell, cathode, and their rated, nominal, and absolute capacity are all different things.

A single cell will always have > absolute capacity than the capacity at which the safety limiter will cut-off charging, and that will be > than the capacity to which BMS will charge/discharge the cell in daily use.

It may well be possible for a cathode material to excel in a small pouch cell, but have terrible thermals preventing its use in larger cells.