Remember that Galaxy S8 'Microsoft Edition?' Samsung says it never existed …

More than seven months ago, shortly after the launch of Samsung's Galaxy S8 (GS8), we wrote about a version of the phone that Microsoft planned to sell in its brick-and-mortar retail stores, dubbed the "Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition." Today, Samsung wants you to know that it was never a thing.

Shortly after the "news" broke about Microsoft selling a GS8, I did some digging to get to the bottom of exactly what the phone was all about. I reached out to Microsoft at the time, and wrote up all the answers to my questions in FAQ type post.

To sum that story up, the phones, the GS8 and GS8+, weren't any different hardware- or software-wise; Microsoft was just selling them and then providing some sort of "training" to help users get the most of the Microsoft apps that were available. In other words, it was basically a PR stunt to draw people into Microsoft Stores to buy a hot new phone, and then raise awareness of the Microsoft app ecosystem. Makes sense … sort of.

The real news there, as I pointed out at the time, was that Microsoft was selling an Android phone for the first time, while Windows phones were nowhere to be seen in those stores.

Fast forward to today, more than half a year later, and I received a message from Samsung asking me to "correct" my stories on the phone. From that company:

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