Better Buy: Apple Inc. vs. Samsung -- The Motley Fool

referring to And their leading positions in this $500 billion market have allowed them to deliver handsome gains to investors over the years. Competitive advantageSamsung controls about 20% of the global smartphone market, in terms of units shipped, and about a quarter of the industry's profits. Apple sales, on the other hand, have been more resistant to this threat. Metric Apple Samsung Revenue $247.42 billion $222.91 billion Operating income $66.06 billion $52.77 billion Net income $53.32 billion $40.61 billion Operating cash flow $67.22 billion $60.00 billion Free cash flow $53.73 billion $20.03 billion Cash and investments $267.23 billion $73.29 billion Debt $121.84 billion $11.49 billionApple and Samsung are colossal enterprises. Advantage: AppleValuationLastly, let's check out some key value metrics for Apple and Samsung, including the price-to-sales, price-to-free cash flow, price-to-earnings, and price-to-earnings-to-growth ratios.

Samsung hilariously trolls Apple in new ads

TechSamsung hilariously trolls Apple in new adsAs Galaxy S9 sales continue to fall precipitously, Samsung is looking for ways to attract a larger audience. In the first of the new ads, a customer wants to know if the camera on the iPhone X is better than of the Galaxy S9. You may recall that DxOMark gave the Galaxy S9+ a higher rating than the iPhone X in March — in fact, it was the highest score ever at the time. The Apple Genius is not phased, but doesn't have a great answer:The next customer wants to know if he'll be able to plug his headphones into the iPhone X. That said, multiple reports have suggested that Apple will include a fast charger in the box with its 2018 iPhones:Filed under advertising , apple , iphone , samsung , smartphones

SoftBank takes on Apple and Samsung with new payment app

as informed in SoftBank (SFTBF) is partnering with Yahoo Japan to launch a mobile payment app called PayPay this fall, the company announced Friday. The government wants to change that, announcing earlier this year that it wants to double the number of cashless transactions by 2025. It's also pushing more stores to accept cashless payments ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Related: Google joins India's cashless payments rushPaytm is also part of SoftBank's tangled global investment web. Several Asian countries including China and India have started moving away from cash and toward mobile and digital payments.

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