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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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Finishing an item on an assembly line every 6 seconds does not mean it only takes 6 seconds to assemble the item. It only means that the slowest step of the process takes a maximum of 6 seconds/item to complete.
That sounds like the final assembly takes six seconds, which is entirely plausible given how fast robots move.
His Western brain can't comprehend Chinese technology being superior to whatever his country is doing.
I see it in every thread about Chinese tech. There's always someone or a group of people ready to detract from any advancements China is making.
You clearly have absolutely no clue how automated SMD soldering or pick'n'place tech works and how fast it can do things. It's the exact same machine assembling both Chinese and "western" products. At best it will take ~30 seconds per PCB, depending on size and capacity of the placing machine. Which is absolutely insane considering amount of components and complexity of modern smartphones.
I'm not bashing the tech, I'm bashing the journalist reporting on it.
Without fail, they simply cannot tolerate China doing anything better than the West.
ExcessiveShiv is literally monitoring this thread so he can reply to anyone who doubts him.
Getting a notification whenever someone replies to you isn't "monitoring the thread"
Okay Xi Jinping