Huawei made a lot of noise this week about its popular Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro smartphone models shipping several million units worldwide this year.

Huawei is understandably pleased. Data from our Smartphone Model Tracker (SMT) service confirms those two models delivered almost US$1 billion of global wholesale revenue for Huawei in Q1 2017. Mate 9 has joined the "billion dollar club" this year.

Clients can read the full analysis -- Global Top-500 Smartphone Models by Revenue by Price-Tier -- in this published report.