Chinese telecom gear major Huawei is eyeing a 300% growth in its India smartphone sales.

Huawei sold one million smartphones in 2015 that includes 8,00,000 Honor phones. Globally, Huawei shipped 108 million smartphones in 2015 and became the third largest player after Apple and Samsung.

Globally, Huawei shipped 108 million smartphones in 2015 and became the third largest player after Apple and Samsung.

The company launched first metallic Huawei Honor 5X with expandable storage of up to 128 GB for Rs 12,999. It has Qualcomm's octa-core processor, 3,000 mAh battery, 13 megapixel main camera and 5MP front camera.

"Holly 2 Plus can deliver up to 48 hours of continued usage with 4,000 mAh battery. It can support 20 hours of usage with 10 per cent battery by switching the phone to ultra power saving mode. This phone features reverse charging technology so it can charge another smartphone or tablet using a micro-B USB cable," Sanjeev said

He said that company will keep the price at levels where it gets enough margin to plough it back in to research and development. In India, Huawei has around 3,000 people in R&D and 500 work on phones exclusively.