Android More Profitable Than WP7 For Microsoft

It's no secret if Microsoft had failed to his OS Windows Phone 7 project. Although he has announced a partnership with Nokia to manufacture mobile phones Nokia WP7 Mango but still WP7 phone sales in the second quarter of 2011 is very disappointing.


But that does not mean Microsoft is insolvent because it failed to sell phones WP7. They should thank to Android. That victory earned related to Microsoft from lawsuits filed against Samsung and HTC as a vendor of Android devices. Through a court order vendor of Android devices are required to pay licensing royalties to Microsoft for each phone sold.


Microsoft sold 1.4 million WP7 phones in Q2 2011. Microsoft earnings increased $ 21 million from the sale of WP7 phones with $ 15 for each phone sold WP7.


On the other side HTC succeeded in sell 12 million HTC Android phones in Q2 2011 and provide $ 5 / phone to Microsoft for licensing royalties. Thus in Q2 2011 yesterday Microsoft generated $ 60 million from the Android phone.  that 3 times larger than the OS of their own making to the project-WP7 HTC phones.


source : gopego.com

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