LG’s new Watch Urbane LTE costs way more at Verizon than it does at AT&T

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LR7SaJdXjcRThGhYrt39Rw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/digital_trends_973/a871cb2f015d604808e13dac092779bf (http://news.yahoo.com/lg-watch-urbane-lte-costs-144649737.html)LG has announced a follow up to the Watch Urbane, its second circular Android Wear smartwatch after the G Watch R, but this time it has a very big surprise inside — it’s a complete standalone smartwatch with a 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE connection, so it has its own phone number, and can make and receive calls. In other words, you can leave your phone at home. Updated on 11-16-2015 by Andy Boxall: Added in Verizon and AT&T order details for the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition Buy now from AT&T and Verizon The new LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition can be purchased through AT&T and Verizon in the U.S. now, and there’s quite a price discrepancy between the two. Let’s start with AT&T. There are two options available to potential Watch Urbane 2nd Edition customers, a $300 no-contract price that is subject to a $15 activation fee, plus $10 per month network charge if you have a Mobile Share plan with AT&T already. Then there is a second, $200 price with a two-year contract. The latter has a large $45 activation fee, and costs upwards of $30-per month for network access. Over at Verizon, the watch costs $500 without a contract, or $450 with one. If you already have a Verizon line, then the watch can be added to it for $5 per month, or a dedicated plan can be purchased for $35 per month or more, depending on your data requirements. Choosing the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition with a Verizon line is going to cost at least $200 more than its equivalent with AT&T, with no immediately obvious difference between them. If you order now, deliveries should start on November 19. What you need to know about the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition It’s not the first time we’ve seen an LTE smartwatch from LG. It showed one off at the launch of the Watch Urbane, but at the time it ran a spin-off version of WebOS, and was only announced for sale in South Korea. That’s all changed with the Watch Urbane 2nd Generation, as it uses Android Wear, but with some crucial changes so it can operate as a phone. Related: Take a look at the amazing dual-screen LG V10 smartphone LG showed us the phone in operation, and sure enough, it made a call quite happily, proving you really won’t need to carry your smartphone with you at all times. A nano SIM card slots into the device, giving the watch its own telephone number, but apparently LG’s talking to networks to work out a way for both your phone and smartwatch to share the same number, which would make life much easier. The screen is another of LG’s excellent circular, 1.38-inch P-OLED displays, this time with a very impressive 480 x 480 pixel resolution, which is higher than any other Android smartwatch available. Interestingly, there’s a layer of Gorilla Glass 3 over the top. The Snapdragon 400 processor is inside, just like the Watch Urbane, with 768MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage space. A higher capacity 570mAh battery, with a hexagonal design engineered specifically for round smartwatches, provides the energy and should return a day and a half of use. LG has sealed the 44.5mm stainless steel body sufficiently to give it an IP67 water resistance rating, and it comes in an attractive brushed metal style, with a choice of silicone bands in black, white, light blue, or brown colors. The body has a heart rate sensor on the underneath, and inside is an accelerometer, compass, barometer, and gyroscope. There are three buttons on the side, one of which provides a shortcut to LG Health, and a new personal workout plan with your own coach. The Watch Urbane 2nd Edition will be the first to run the latest version of Android Wear with cellular network connectivity, but more are likely to follow. An international release is expected sometime after the U.S. and South Korean launch.



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