Why does a cell tower need to be massive to transmit data to a smartphone but the phone’s extremely small antenna can transmit data back over the same distance?

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Why does a cell tower need to be massive to transmit data to a smartphone but the phone’s extremely small antenna can transmit data back over the same distance?

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Also your phone is only dealing with one communication – that between your phone and the transmitter.

The transmitter on the other hand is dealing hundreds or even thousands of transmissions to and from hundreds or thousands of devices simultaneously. It needs to be big and powerful to be able to do that.

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