iOS 17 Siri and Dictation Issues

I don't know what else to do. On my iPhone 13 Pro Max (iOS 17) and now my iPhone 15 Pro Max (iOS 17.0.2) I am not able to use Siri, Dictation, or Dial on the Phone Keypad. I have wiped the phone, reset from iCloud backup, reset as new, reset all phone settings, gone through siri setup multiple times.

• Siri - I can activate Siri (power button push, or "Hey siri") but Siri will not execute a command.
• Dictation - I can activate dictation, but it will not enter what i say.
• Phone Keypad - I can call from a contact, text message, or previously dialed numbers i just cannot physically enter a new number.

Two interesting things:

• With a powercycle the services will work until the phone goes to sleep.
• using 2 eSIMs on different networks

With my 13, I went to the Apple Store (9/21) and they blamed my iCloud backup. Even after I reset the phone as brand new and on a clean iOS install. And the people who helped me were not the most helpful and well, I can't use nice words to describe them.

My 15 was fine for 3 days and the issue just started happening today. I contacted support and they had me do a factory reset. They think it is a microphone issue but i can't see how?

My questions are:

1. What could be causing this to happen across multiple devices?
2. Could it be an App causing the issue
3. Do i set the phone up yet again as brand new without an iCloud backup? (Apple does not make this easy as it is a pain in the butt)

I am done troubleshooting this phone and I just need it to work. Any thoughts would be great.