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I have an iPhone 13 Pro. I found that Android is almost a brick the moment you lose an Internet connection where as the iPhone is still productive and I can do stuff offline and it'll sync everything later no problems.

That is a complete dealbreaker for me for Android. Also, Google.

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I mainly use my phone for three things:

1. Pleco

2. Wechat

3. Kindle app

Pleco (a dictionary) and Kindle (an ebook reader) work fine offline. Why wouldn't they?

Wechat, of course, can't do anything offline, because it's communication software. It is not even clear what "use wechat offline" would mean.

Android itself obviously works equally well whether you're connected to the Internet or not. What do you mean by becoming "almost a brick"?

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