A new 10 year patent licensing deal came in effect two days ago between Apple and HTC. However details on what the benefits for either side might be weren't given at the time.
Shaw Wu, analyst at Sterne Agee, reckons Apple could be generating
between $6 and $8 per sold HTC smartphone, which when put together with
the shipment estimate of 30 to 35 million HTC devices in 2013 could mean
anywhere between $180 and $280 million going Apple's way.
An unnamed Wall Street Journal source
has collaborated that HTC will indeed be paying Apple undisclosed
licensing fees, making the $6 to $8 per device estimate all the more
believable.
Shaw Wu hypothesizes that Apple could use the HTC deal as a template,
with which to approach other companies it has active patent litigation
wars with, such as Samsung and Motorola.
Of course, analysts are often off-target and this could all turn out
incorrect or false altogether, so take it with a pinch of salt.
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