Earlier this week, an odd occurrence took place in Beijing, China. On the evening of 12th October 2020, numerous netizens found that the time displayed on their Android smartphones were more than 10 minutes behind the actual Beijing time.

According to a MyDrivers report, many Android users reported on their handsets showing the time that was behind the actual time, with most instances being around 16 to 17 minutes delayed. This strange incident occurred out of nowhere and had caused quite a bit of confusion for many Android smartphone users, who believed that their devices had broken down.

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Notably, this issue was not reflected in handsets from Apple. In other words, iPhones were completely unaffected by this issue, and it was found that the brand and region had nothing to do with the Android smartphones displaying the wrong time. Users even tried to restart their devices, but this did not fix the issue. Furthermore, this even led to additional problems since a large number of people weren’t able to use their smartphones to get into subways as there was a discrepancy between the timings.

A few individuals even planned on replacing their smartphones. Reportedly, some of the unofficial fixes to this problem include toggling flight mode on and off once, others believe that turning off the automatic time update settings helps as well. Unfortunately, it is currently unknown what appears to be the issue, but it is clearly something broader and related to the Android OS rather than any particular brand since it affected users from multiple brands.

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Xiaomi held an event on August 11 to launch its 10th-anniversary special products. At the conference, Lei Jun, the company’s co-founder and CEO confirmed that its “Smart Factory” in Yizhuang, Beijing has begun operations. In fact, the newly unveiled Mi 10 Ultra smartphone is manufactured there.

Back in November 2019, Lei Jun revealed that Xiaomi is building a Smart Factory powered by 5G and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Now, nine months later, the company confirms the facility to be operational.

This factory, with an area of 18,600 square meters, is equipped with a “fully automated production line spanning processes from production management to machine processing, packaging and storage”. It is capable of producing over 1 million smartphones a year.

Xiaomi has dedicated this facility to manufacture high-end premium smartphones. Additionally, the factory will be also used for testing cutting edge materials, technologies, and manufacturing process, as well as, for pre-research projects, and automation equipment R&D.

Currently, the company only produces Mi 10 Ultra Transparent Edition in its new Smart Factory. But we expect the number of models to increase with the introduction of new premium handsets in the coming quarters.

That said, Xiaomi’s CEO also disclosed that the next phase of Smart Factory will be around three years later.

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While other manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO, and Vivo are opening up new stores in cities in China, OnePlus is doing the opposite. A Canadian official announced earlier today that OnePlus will be closing down their Beijing and Shanghai stores on the 22nd of August (just 2 days from now).

The reason given is that the company is trying to deploy its limited resources to where it is most needed. The Beijing store was opened less than 2 years ago on the 20th of December, 2014 and now it will be closed down.

OnePlus has only manufactured 4 phones so far but also have a number of accessories such as earphones, cases, and power banks. Their first phone, the OnePlus 1, was sold on an invite only basis at first. Their new phone, the OnePlus 3  which has been getting positive reviews doesn’t use the invite system but has been facing issues with low inventory which has led to sales being temporarily halted for a month in 24 countries (mainly in Europe). Sales are expected to resume on September 12 (Let’s pray the red variant gets released).

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The company has said it will continue to adhere to the standard they have set with their flagship device and are also working towards increasing investment in software development.

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