Smartphones low cost Android are damage to Microsoft … – Tudocelular.com

The increase in sales of handsets cheap Android is hurting an important income source of the Microsoft . As the owner of Windows is one of the companies that profit from royalty charged for the sale of mobile phones and tablets of green robot on the market, the popularity of low-cost devices influences the amount paid to the Redmond company.

in addition, the charge for the use of intellectual property in Android is done only to manufacturers who have signed royalty . As the leading brands in the world are in the payor group, a significant portion of Chinese companies that come starting to dominate the market low-end , not disburses amount some to Microsoft .

to reverse the situation, the company expects that manufacturers like LG and Samsung , which are also partners on PCs with Windows market, able to grab a bigger slice of line tops market segment led by Apple. The hope is therefore that the LG G5 Galaxy S7 Edge and Galaxy S7 are able to reverse this scenario.

The Samsung has responded well. In recent reports, the Korean manufacturer presented significant increase in sales Global, doubling its market share compared to Apple. Although this does not mean large increase revenue, it concentrates mainly cheap handsets, the new line of tops have been selling more than expected in some markets.

The question is whether this will be enough to maintain a stable source of income for Microsoft, which is not to make money so soon with its own platform for mobile phones.