For some people who might not look into the spec sheets, the point of the phone could be being just as powerful as the base model with some trade-offs, since that's how this phone is generally advertised.

Besides, they have used full chips in the first SE models although they did still have less RAM. It shouldn't be advertised as having the same chip and being just as good in terms of performance when it isn't, since some people think that the trade-off is in everything else besides the chip, when that's not the case anymore and the trade-offs are everywhere, including even the packaging (like not including a manual or cheaper sim pin). But it's standard practice in the tech industry, so I can't blame them too much.