ElI5: Why do Wifi routers need to have antennas visible when mobiles phone doesn’t?

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Why they can’t just print the antenna’s on PCB just as they do it with mobile phones?

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External antennas are more effective and cheaper to make, but they are not worth the effort in cellular phones from an aesthetic standpoint.

You can buy routers that don’t have visible antennas, but most people hide their routers anyhow so the antennas are not an issue.

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