Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus have a Microsoft Edition. Among the many promises of this variant is delivering a totally different user interface.

On March 29, Samsung unveiled its flagship device popularly known as the Samsung Galaxy S8 alongside with its bigger brother, the Samsung Galaxy S8 plus. Everybody knows that the latest smartphone from the South Korean tech giant runs on Android Nougat 7.0 out of the box.

These impressive devices from Samsung are offered in a variety of colors to soothe the personal taste of every user. Interestingly, Microsoft launched today their very own Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. The company calls these phones the Microsoft Edition.

Currently, neither of these flagships will run on Windows 10 Mobile. Even though the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus features Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, more than sufficient to power the Windows 10 applications, the company chose to stick with Android for now. The reason is actually obvious, that there is a Microsoft Edition for both devices.

According to The Verge, the Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition will give users an entirely different UI. In addition, this variant uses Samsung's own customization and will offer something relatively closer to what the Windows 10 Mobile can offer. Aside from those, the Microsoft Edition will have all the Office applications suite packed in the devices including Microsoft's Office, OneDrive, Outlook, Cortana and more. The standard Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 plus only have OneDrive, Skype, and Office all included at launch.

At present, Microsoft has already begun taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus Microsoft Edition at its brick-and-mortar US Microsoft Store locations. The flagships will be available for release starting April 21 according to Engadget. The Microsoft Edition devices will retail for $749.99 and $849.99 reported ZDNet.