Microsoft who are struggling to sell Windows Phone 7 Smartphones, appears to making bucket loads of money from Android phones after it was revealed that the software Company is making $5.00 a handset from every Android phone sold by HTC.
Microsoft who are struggling to sell Windows Phone 7 Smartphones, appears to making bucket loads of money from Android phones after it was revealed that the software Company is making $5.00 a handset from every Android phone sold by HTC.
According to Walter Prichard, a Citi analyst Microsoft is coining it in with the Company netting over $50 Million in the past 18 months.
This is five five times what Microsoft heas collected in Windows Phone revenue, according to Asymco.
HTC, is paying Microsoft as part of a settlement in a patent case Microsoft brought against HTC, according to Prichard, who said Microsoft is seeking $7.50 to $12.50 per device from other Android phone makers.
Based on an estimate that HTC has shipped 30 million Android devices, Asymco calculates that Microsoft has seen $150 million in revenue from Android. With Microsoft selling 2 million Windows Phones licenses, its Windows Phone revenue comes in at $30 million.
