Eli5- How do consumer drones (DJI, etc) broadcast the camera image to your phone from so far away? How come you can control a drone and view the feed like a mile away but I have trouble getting Wi-Fi reception on the other side of condo

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Eli5- How do consumer drones (DJI, etc) broadcast the camera image to your phone from so far away? How come you can control a drone and view the feed like a mile away but I have trouble getting Wi-Fi reception on the other side of condo

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The ones Ive used aren’t wifi or bluetooth, they have a sim card and use mobile data like your phone.

Edit- I have a short range one that uses bluetooth, but it only has a range of like 15 feet.