No. Their WP efforts operate at a loss of a couple hundred million each quarter. If you think you can derive anything about WP's future from that you'd be mistaken however.
Android doesn't earn anything for Google either. Google have spent billions on Android development, with no direct returns to show for it. You think Google will stop anytime soon too?
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Surely the fact almost everything on Android is free, with Ad support means google get every penny back in advertising. They can also gain huge amounts of value from the usage data they get back from all the Android phones.
If Nokia & Microsoft focus on budget friendly phones, then it would increase the sales of Windows phones! I hate apple for the fact that it makes huge profits & never gives a budget friendly phone, all iPhones look almost the same! Here in India, iPhone 5S starts from ₹55000 & goes uptil ₹ 70000 whereas it's production price is only ₹11700! That's a huge profit even if an iPhone fails in the market! Also android has many problems, even the worst companies have android because its an open source OS! Also, I have an iPod but not a MacBook, & believe me there are many who have an iPhone/iPod but not a MacBook!
You're mad because a company makes money? Do you believe they should make less profit to cater to those who can't afford their phones?
The genius of Apple is their ability to sell phones that cost $130 to manufacture for $700. As long as enough people are willing to spend that type of money on iDevices, Apple would be stupid to sell their devices for less.
You're mad because a company makes money? Do you believe they should make less profit to cater to those who can't afford their phones?
Apple is making huge profits, but that won't be the case for long! If you see the smartphone sales, it has not increased, instead it has dropped! That's because apple is a stubborn company with a stubborn OS! People who buy an apple product eventually turn to Android or some other product! Reasons? No micro sd card support, no USB port in iPads, 4" screen of iPhones, also compared to other brands, apple gives a very short battery life! Android is highly customizable & hence its sales are still increasing! & also apple is always the one to raise the bar of smartphone price, always! It raises the bar so high that other companies also raise the price thinking that their high end phones are also worth a good price & this has been the case for so many years from the day iPhone was invented!