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Inside Xiaomi’s near-fully automated factory that assembles a smartphone in 6 seconds
(e.vnexpress.net)
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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Also that’s not that impressive. 30 million devices is roughly one per second year round. Phone manufacturers make many times that in a year.
Yeah, the "6 seconds" part is just a clickbait. The "near-fully automated" part is interesting.
How is it clickbait?
An estimated 1.4 billion cell phones are sold each year.
Apple clears about 8 iPhones a second year-round, with ~250 million.
How many cell phones does one need?
I need 8 per second. Keep dropping them.
If it were 9 that would just be e-wasteful. 7-8 is the sweet spot.