Apple iPhone grabs 104% of smartphone industry profit In Q3

How did they do it? Volume! (where’s that rimshot emoji?)

OK, not really. Here’s why:

BMO Capital Markets analyst Tim Long estimates that Apple accounted for 103.6% of smartphone industry operating profits in the third quarter. Its share is over 100% because other vendors lost money in the business, resulting in Apple having more smartphone profit than the industry netted overall.

That’s mind-boggling.