Without having an exact quote, I wouldn't put too much MORE thought into it, as besides that 1 article, nothing else has been found to support he even said as such.
We've known for a while that Pixel phones are very aggressive at closing background apps. Iphone should be working fine. Have you gone through all of @Bobby tips and tricks? Unpairing and repairing after an update is necessary for some folks.
No matter what you think Lucid is stuck now with NACS for the foreseeable future. We've had many pages going back and forth on this topic, let's not rehash it.
I love how when it comes to charging everyone's anecdotal data is gospel even though there are other experiences which differ but are dismissed as one offs...