MICROSOFT IS READY TO PAY SAMSUNG & SONY TO MAKE WP8 HANDSETS [MUST SEE]

Before Microsoft bought out Nokia's phone division, the software giant was subsidizing the phone maker to the tune of $1 billion a year. That was a big incentive for Nokia to go with Windows Phone over other alternatives.

The company may be offering the same deal to other companies as well.

Microsoft is going to pay to each company for creating one windows phone 8 model. No matter how they call this money, its not a real business for Microsoft.

Anyway, apparently Samsung has taken the deal and will be receiving $1.2 billion to make Windows Phone 8 handsets.

There seems to have been some negotiations since the
number was $1 billion in mid-
December.
Windows phone 8 in 2014 - Samsung $1.2 billion, Sony $0.5 billion, Huawei $0.6 billion, others - $0.3 billion.

Samsung isn't alone in this – we've heard that Microsoft has been courting Sony to make a WP handset too and it the wooing was reportedly
in the form of $500 million. Even Huawei is getting a cut, more than Sony actually - $600 million. Other
companies, which haven't been named, will reportedly be receiving lower sums, $300 million.

Rumours has it that HTC might also be involved in the deal.