SHOCKER: Microsoft makes more money off HTC and Android than Windows Phone 7
Dediu claims that Microsoft made $21 mil. (1.4 mil. units @ $15 license) off Windows phone 7 and $60 mil. (12 mil. units @ $5 'ransom') off HTC's lineup of Android phones. Ridiculous.
The estimates are based off the Canalys smartphone sales numbers for Q2 released earlier this month and, as BGR notes, not all HTC phones sold are Android (they also make WP7 handsets). Still, a large chunk of that number are, in fact, Android phones so the headline holds, even at lower number.
There's no real conclusion I can leave you with other than the fact that the US patent system is seriously f*ed up and Microsoft are being trolls making money off other people's hard work. On a brighter note, Android had been and will continue to kick their ass for a long time in the mobile OS game. Karma out.
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Comments
Regardless of your preferred platform, vendor lock-in blows. It's so ridiculously disrespectful that it hurts.
Word! Apple sucks.
Microsoft are holding the public to ransom! a few of my friends have iPhones but you cannot Bluetooth one of these from an Android, on iPhone to iPhone! bullying the public into the iPhone market, well I say to everyone with an iPhone... ditch it and get an Android, a far superior OS & far more flexible! Android 1 Microsoft 0.