Price license of Windows Phone 7 only $ 20

According to Trusted Reviews, $ 20-30 - the price of one license of Windows Phone 7.

The publication says that the information came from ZTE's mobile phone manufacturer. No official data from Microsoft has not happened.

Santiago Sierra (UK branch officer ZTE) said that one reason for high prices on the platform ZTE Smartphone Microsoft Windows Phone 7 is the cost of the license.

Value, uttered by Sierra, the above assumptions, the independent experts. In May, they were told that, apparently, the manufacturers pay Microsoft $ 15 royalty on every smartphone released. For comparison, Android manages vendors in zero cents (although for the integration of branded Google services they pay).