Aug 04 AT 1:57 PM Dustin Earley 27 Comments  Microsoft makes
more money from Android than Windows Phone  PhoneDog Media
Exclusive  Amidst the flurry of drama between Google and
Microsoft over patents (Google shot first, but Microsoft has
better aim), some interesting numbers have started circulating
that puts Microsoft’s Q2 revenue from Android way ahead of that
from Windows Phone.  According to a tweet from Asymco analyst
Horace Dediu, Microsoft made $15 a unit for every Windows Phone
sold during the second quarter, with 1.4 million units sold.
That comes to a grand total of some $21 million in revenue. Even
though Microsoft only makes $5 for every Android phone sold by
HTC, with 12 million units sold the company walked away with $60
million. The numbers may be a little off, due to the fact that
analysts have previously suggested HTC sold 12 million devices
total in Q2 (not just Android phones). Nonetheless, the numbers
are huge. Even if all the Windows Phone devices sold were from
HTC, that would still mean