Wifi reception better on desktop than iPhone & iPad?

Rizzleton

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Mar 19, 2014
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With my iPhone 5 or iPad Air in same location as my desktop computer, my iDevices will get 2 Mbps or less while my desktop gets a solid 10 Mbps.

My desktop's network card has a 2 inch high wired antenna that sits on my desk. Is that simply the reason why it gets such better speeds?

My wifi router is in another room on the other side of the apartment. Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router N750
Wireless-N with 2.4 and 5 GHz both enabled
 

pyr0_m4n

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Feb 4, 2013
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Kind of. But cell phones also don't have the same power that PC's have. If I built a ten foot antenna in my backyard then compared its ability to pick up a signal to a little 2 inch antenna, I'd know which one I'd bet on.