China-based vendor Huawei Technologies shipped 28.3 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2016, hiking 64% on year, and aims to ship 140 million units in 2016, according a Chinese-language Tencent report citing Huawei's end product manager Kevin Ho.

Huawei's new flagship smartphones, the P9 and P9 Plus, which were launched two months ago, have already achieved shipments of 2.6 million units, Ho noted.

Ho dismissed recent rumors that claimed Huawei had reduced its smartphone shipment target for 2016 to 120 million units. He said the target is still 140 million units, a growth of 30% from 2015.