The million dollar industry of smartphones only two companies can make a profit !

A financial company gathered and compared operating margins eight smartphone manufacturers and concluded that only Samsung and Apple can make profit in this segment. According to the latest study of Cannaccord Genuity , there are only two companies to make money by selling smartphones : Samsung and Apple.
The values ​​of the operating margins of the major manufacturers of mobile equipment that the financial company could measure , it is clear that no other major technology can profit from this segment where , unsurprisingly , Apple reigns supreme with 38 % profit margin in the second quarter of the year . Samsung follows with 17 % , the best record of last year .
On the other hand , Microsoft, BlackBerry , Sony , LG, HTC, Lenovo and Motorola have revealed negative margins at least since the first quarter of 2015. Of this group, Microsoft and HTC are the companies to register the worst margins 22 negative percentage points. The first of the latter is Sony that currently or even money with their phones , a recovery of 23 % for the first quarter of the year .
Since the first three months of 2015 only LG and Sony have managed to profit , albeit with reduced margins , 2% and 6% respectively.
The Connaccord Genuity claims have not been able to include more companies for lack of access to your data .
However , faced with these results , there is one question remains: why these companies continue to make smartphones?