Phone 1 - with sim and is exploited, no data or apps.
Phone 2 - different OS, no sim, uses portable hotspot from phone 1 and has all the apps and data.
“They're the only big cloud provider I feel comfortable with”
Firstly do you work for aws, as saying the other big cloud providers are inferior is unusual. Azure for example powers a lot of critical enterprise which are Microsoft.net centered.
And secondly there are lots of other providers outside of the big cloud providers who can maintain 99.99% service levels.