Microsoft has received five times more income from Android than from Windows Phone →
Horacle Dediu:
Microsoft gets $5 for every HTC phone running Android, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, who released a big report on Microsoft this morning. Microsoft is getting that money thanks to a patent settlement with HTC over intellectual property infringement. Microsoft is suing other Android phone makers, and it’s looking for $7.50 to $12.50 per device, says Pritchard.
If this is true Microsoft is either Doing it Wrong™ with Windows Phone 7 or Doing it Right with patent extortion.
I’m wondering if it might not even be more profit’s per phone then Google is making out of Android.
