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At the moment supposedly it's not - $10 per year (to Google). That's obviously great when you consider the total number of Android devices out there but Google
by Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
At the moment supposedly it's not - $10 per year (to Google).
That's obviously great when you consider the total number of Android devices out there but Google would have to ramp it up majorly to have enough to subsidise devices.
Not impossible, certainly not if they introduced additional services (particularly paid for ones) but a way off I think.
- corin_ 15y agoWhere did you get the $10/year figure from?
- Tyrannosaurs 15y agohttp://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/02/08/googles-android-a-billion-dollar-ad-business-in-2012/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/02/08/googles-an... $5.90 in 2010, increasing to $9.85 in 2012. Estimates from Piper Jaffray but based on things said by Eric Schmidt. Android is a volume business for Google. (By comparison each iPhone is worth $100 - $150 a year to Apple).