Microsoft is now selling its own edition of Samsung’s Galaxy S9

Microsoft is once more merchandising its own custom version of Samsung’s Galaxy S9. The French telephone is out there in Microsoft Stores within the America, and can ship with some customizations from Microsoft. “A Microsoft customization is applied to the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 and Microsoft Edition once the devices ar unboxed and connected to Wi-Fi,” says a Microsoft exponent during a statement to TrustedReviews.

These customizations ar doubtless identical as last year’s Galaxy S8, with Microsoft apps like workplace, OneDrive, Cortana, Outlook all bundled on the device. Microsoft’s widespread Launcher doesn’t seem to be preinstalled. whereas Microsoft is labeling the Galaxy S9 a “Microsoft Edition,” in its statement, Samsung antecedently told The Verge there’s no such issue. “There isn't a ‘Microsoft Edition’ whole of any Samsung Galaxy merchandise,” aforementioned a Samsung exponent during a statement in Gregorian calendar month. “Microsoft offers Samsung Galaxy devices organized to showcase Microsoft’s productivity applications as well as workplace, OneDrive, Cortana, Outlook and a lot of.”

The distinction is probably going associated with a confidential deal between Microsoft and Samsung over a bitter robot royalties dispute. The combine settled the dispute in 2015, and Samsung started bundling Microsoft’s Skype, OneDrive, and OneNote apps on the Galaxy S6 and S7 devices. Samsung bundled these apps once more on the S8, however Microsoft additionally started providing its own versions of Samsung’s Galaxy devices with these apps and customizations preinstalled.