Microsoft showing who the real money maker is. They don't need to sell anymore Lumias, or release Windows. They're comfortable making billions off royalties, while destroying their own brand.
(Jk, we all know Windows 10 will slay).
Poor Samsung, when is she going to finally start making a dime.
(I love you Haru, don't be mad
)
Microsoft makes royalties not only from Samsung Androids,
but from ALL Android devices.
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Microsoft has a vast number of Android patent licensing agreements with device makers worldwide, but a Samsung court case has put a figure on exactly how much money the software giant makes from Android. Samsung paid Microsoft $1 billion in patent-licensing royalties last year, a huge sum that has the pair locked in a legal battle over contracts. Samsung originally signed two contracts — a cross-licensing agreement and a business collaboration agreement — with Microsoft in 2011, ahead of its impressive dominance of Android shipments, but late last year Samsung decided it was tired of paying on time, or paying interest when a late payment was finally made
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Source:
The Verge
