![]() ![]() In one room, called the “camera lab,” a robotic arm moves back and forth on a horizontal metal bar. But what is revealed is the quality control that Xiaomi phones face before entering the market. ![]() For a few seconds, one has the sensation of entering the future. XIAOMIĪ white hallway with lights in the shape of a hexagon leads to the laboratory’s entrance. Testing the camera Xiaomi runs tests on a cellphone camera, moved by a robotic hand. EL PAÍS visited one of them on a trip sponsored by Xiaomi. The company’s Science and Technology Park in Beijing, which was inaugurated in 2019, has 128 laboratories on 12,000 square meters, with equipment worth over €91 million. Xiaomi operates approximately 300 laboratories in countries including China, Japan, Finland and India. ![]() Before reaching users’ hands, its phones are subjected to a series of quality control experiments, from being dropped onto marble surfaces to rigorous folding tests. ![]() More than a decade later, it has formed an empire, becoming the brand with the third-highest cell phone sales on the planet, behind Samsung and Apple, according to the consulting firm Canalys. Since that day, April 6, 2010, the technology company has grown unceasingly. The day that Xiaomi was born, its founders ate porridge made of millet, the grain that gives the brand its name. ![]()
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