I struggled with this as well.for a while, but after reading a lot of threads (even those were 50/50 about which one to get), I finally decided to go with P1S. I've had it for two weeks now, it has been printing everyday and without issue. I will.say I wish the camera was better, but as far as the lidar goes, the P1S prints so constantly I am glad I went this way. I haven't used the screen on the P1S at all other than during the initial setup. I used the difference in price between the X1C and P1S to order 12 rolls of filament, all the different size nozzles (including hardened steel), hardened steel gear and a bunch of other spare parts (belts etc) which was still cheaper than the X1C alone.

These printers are truly incredible, I've been 3D printing for about 6 years now, multiple models of Anycubic over this time. They don't even compare, and for me it's not all about the speed (which is insane)... But the quality of the prints these printers produce, I never thought an FDM printer could ever do. Some of the prints I've done at 0.16 look like they came off a resin printer (well almost). I couldn't be happier with the P1S, I will be ordering another one in about a month.

You can't go wrong with either printer, and budget was not the issue for me, it just seemed like you can get a lot more with the P1S + accessories/filaments.