Microsoft Is Apparently Making More Money Out Of HTC Android Phone Sales than Its Own Windows Phone

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There has been a very vivid and unbelievable revelation made by an analyst from Citi, Walter Pritchard, who shared very strange findings today declaring that Microsoft might be making even more money from Android system than it might make from its own Windows Phone.

It was stated in a post published on Friday, which identified that Microsoft gets an almost $5 for each sale made on every HTC phone running Android. The absurd settlement was made due to a case of patent agreement between HTC and Microsoft last year. To protect the Taiwanese company from a proposed patent infringement lawsuit, that could have been filed by Microsoft over the Android operating system. It will be even more beneficial for the C.E.O. of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, and his company if they are able to seek agreements with other Android phone makers, which it is in the midst of suing currently. Pritchard has predicted that these companies might even agree to a settlement from between $7.50 to $12.50 per device sold.

Another analyst, Horace Dediu, from Asymco, also stated in his report on Friday that “a rough estimate of the number of HTC Android devices shipped is 30 million. If HTC paid $5 per unit to Microsoft, that adds up to $150 million Android revenues for Microsoft.” On the other hand, if we compare it to the sales of Microsoft’s own Windows Phone licenses, they are sold almost round about 2 million, hence “estimating that the license fee is $15/WP phone,” says Dediu, “that makes Windows Phone revenues to date $30 million.”

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In the increasingly competitive and highly growing market of tablets, the specifications and features of HTC’s tablet are notable but they still cannot be considered out of the ordinary. With its 7-inch display of a  1024-by-600 resolution, the 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor adds up with 1GB of RAM. As for the memory space, the devices come with 32GB of internal memory along with external microSD card slot. Moreover, it has dual cameras with 5 MP camera for rear and 1.3 MP camera in front.