HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone, Says Citi

Microsoft makes more money from Android’s success than they do the success of their own platform (read: Windows Mobile), says Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, who released a big report on Microsoft. HTC is paying Microsoft USD$5 (RM15) for every Android phone sold by the phone maker.

"Doing some quick math, one analyst took the amount of Android devices he estimates HTC’s sold to date – 30 million – and came up with $150 (RM450) million. He did the same with Microsoft, taking their 2 million units sold to date and multiplying that by $15, the cost for OEMs to use Windows Phone 7. That came out to be just $30 (RM90) million. And that’s just HTC alone." ~ CamTech Arena

This is the money Microsoft getting for patent settlement with HTC over intellectual property infringement. Microsoft is also pursuing other Android phone makers, and is looking for $7.50 to $12.50 per device. 

[source: Business Insider]

"Looks like, this is a game of patents by the Americans. So it seems, whoever gets in first in the game and patents it, he wins all!" ~ 1000techs.blogspot.com