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LG, one of the biggest smartphone manufacturers in the US, has taken their vast experience with consumer electronics to create a solid smartwatch: the LG Watch Urbane. It works intuitively with the Android Wear operating system, and has Wi-Fi connectivity...
Works with iPhone and Android phones, Good battery life...
Chunky metal design may not appeal to all...
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Say goodbye to smartphone separation anxiety. With its own LTE radio onboard, the LG Watch Urbane LTE ($500 full price on Verizon; $450 with two-year plan; $200 with two-year plan on AT&T) promises to unleash you from your smartphone and still let you sta...
LTE connectivity for freedom from phon, Solid fitness tracking too, Android Wear improvements...
Bulky desig, Relatively short battery lif, Limited phone compatibilit, Expensive...
The LG Watch Urbane LTE is bulkier and more expensive than a typical smartwatch, but does not do much more other than let you get alerts, calls and messages without your phone. Plus, it lasts only half as long as most other smartwatches.Existing Verizon a...
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The LG watch Urbane is a well crafted smartwatch running the latest version of Android wear. Now while I have my reservations on the performance functionality of Android wear. LG has created the first luxury Android wear smartwatch with the urbane. It fee...
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The LG Watch Urbane serves as LG's third Android Wear smartwatch. LG first cut its teeth with the LG G Watch, which suffered from serious design flaws. It later released the LG G Watch R, which corrected many of the G Watch's flaws, but entered a market h...
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"Make a nice smartwatch. But don't make it too nice."That's sort of the working line you figure was floating around during development of the LG Watch Urbane . Like the LG G Watch R before it, this model can actually pass as a traditional timepiece, at le...
Bestlooking watchstyle smartwatch available, Best display you'll find on a watch, Doesn't scream "nerd!", Some classy new watch faces...
Still a little on the chunky side, Swiping scheme still a little convoluted, Watch button is superfluous, Software can still be hiccupy...
LG has brought what we've been waiting for - an Android Wear smartwatch that you can wear with a suit and not have anyone look at you funny.The Urbane is nicely designed, but you really do get the feeling that LG had to stop short for cost purposes. Where...
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The emerging smartwatch market is growing, but mostly because the concept of these devices is quite new and everyone wants to get their hands on it. Unfortunately, though, there is still a lot of ground to cover and it seems that neither Google nor Apple...
Great build quality and classic design, Beautiful P-OLED full circle display, Relatively good battery life, Changeable straps, Overall compact design (for most wrists), Syncing over Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth to preserve battery life...
Lacks ambient light sensor, The OS needs more polishing, High price tag, Needs more brightness at times...
All Android Wear devices still have a long way to go. The OS needs more polishing and optimization as well as more intuitive navigation and during the last Google I/O conference we were pleasantly surprised by the ideas that Google is going to implement i...
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LG's hitting its stride in the smartwatch space and the arrival of the LG Watch Urbane makes that abundantly clear. Here's our review of LG's latest Android Wea r(able).With the advent of the Apple Watch , aesthetics have become a key concern for many of...
Strong performance, Great screen, Two day battery life, First for Android Wear 5.1.1...
Middling aesthetics, Expensive...
We've enjoyed wearing the LG Watch Urbane, particularly thanks to the more grown up look and feel of both the hardware and the Android Wear experience. The styling won't be to everybody's tastes, despite LG's efforts and more importantly the price will ra...
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The LG G4 is an impressive Android smartphone so I looked forward to checking out the new LG Watch Urbane smartwatch. It's definitely one of the classiest Android Wear devices available with a fantastic display that looks great with a suit and tie.My pref...
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technobuffalo.com Updated: 2016-11-05 14:20:30
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If you can't differentiate your Android Wear smartwatch by spicing up the software, the least a company can do is offer premium hardware. We've seen our fair share of so-called smartwatches over the past several months—all successful to a varying degree...
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At $349 dollars in the Google Store, it is the most expensive Android Wear device, dethroning its predecessor (or almost twin sibling), the LG G Watch R, which was also the most expensive product, at $299 (and so was the G Watch before that). Even at this...
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When we got our hands on a modern-day smartwatch for the first time back at the end of 2013, we weren't quite sure what to make of this new paradigm. Here was a whole new category, with hype around it reaching a crescendo, and many wondering if it wasn't...
Very attractive, classic design, Well put together, Waterand dustresistant (IP67), Interchangeable, 22 mm straps, Industryleading battery life, Packs the latest version of Android Wear...
Its size and design may hold little appeal to women, Occasional software crashes and slowdowns...
In our mind, out of all the smartwatch makers on the market right now, LG is one of very few that seems to get it — a smartwatch needs to blend in, and not stand out, in order for people to consider purchasing it. It also needs to be well-designed, made o...
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The best and worst thing about Android Wear watches is that they all run Google's basic platform. Watch makers can add their own custom watch faces, and maybe an app or two, but they can't throw a skin over Google's standard interface as phone makers can...
Bright display, First to ship with Android Wear 5.1...
Bulky and heavy, No ambient light sensor...
This metal version of the G Watch R tries, and fails, to bring high-class design to Android Wear. Its average performance isn't worth the high price...
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You can understand why Android enthusiasts might be resentful of the Apple Watch. Android Wear has been around long enough for manufacturers like LG to release several generations of smartwatch, but listen to some and you'd be excused for thinking Cuperti...
I'm all for more choice in smartwatches, and designs that look more grown-up than geeky can only increase the appeal among those who might like the convenience features but not if they have to wear a geeky toy to get them. Google continues to iterate on A...
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There are only a few companies out there with as much experience making Android Wear watches as LG. After all, the platform's only been part of the public consciousness for a year and yet this Korean giant has already made three of them. Its first sequel...
Improved low-power watch faces, First to get Google's Android Wear improvements, Solid battery life, Smooth performance...
Clumsy, ostentatious design, It's the most expensive Wear watch, No ambient light sensor...
The Watch Urbane is LG's best stab at an Android Wear smartwatch to date, and those of you with beefy wrists will especially enjoy its broad, slab-like construction, not to mention its mostly premium look. Thing is, the best parts of the Urbane experienc...
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The Watch Urbane , LG's latest Android Wear smartwatch, is what you get when you take the company's G Watch R , replace its plastic case with stainless steel and swap out the generic leather strap with a stitched one.The Urbane is LG's attempt at making a...
Runs Android Wear 5.1.1, Replaceable 22mm bands, Fastest Android Wear smartwatch yet...
Clunky and uncomfortable to wear, Tacky cheap-feeling leather band, Expensive...
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The LG G Watch R already looked good, but the LG Watch Urbane looks even better. That's important, since appearance is really the only thing that sets the two watches apart. The Urbane has a stainless steel finish and a leather strap for that expensi...
Classic design. Sharp screen.
Expensive. Bulky. Stiff leather strap. Android Wear still underwhelms despite 5.1 update...
The LG Watch Urbane is the most luxuriously crafted Android Wear smartwatch yet, but it's a tough sell for the price...
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It's a tale of two smartwatches. Both round, both running Android Wear. One selling for $349, the other for $180. So which watch is the one for you?We're talking, of course, about the LG Watch Urbane and the Moto 360 -- two of the most buzzed about Androi...
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Related – Best Android WatchesLG is no stranger to the smartwatch game at this point and it certainly shows, judging by the design and build quality of its latest offering. The Watch Urbane is classy and elegant, and looks great not just in terms of being...
Beautiful design, Vibrant OLED screen, Great battery life, Luxury appeal, Comfortable on the wrist, Latest version of Android Wear, Good performance...
Premium price, Stainless can be prone to scratches over time...
9.3 LG sets the standard with their latest Android Wear smartwatch offering, the LG Watch Urbane, even if the premium design and build quality does result in an admittedly pricey device...
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droid-life.com Updated: 2016-11-05 14:20:30
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It has been a minute since we last reviewed an Android Wear device. That's not because there haven't been decent options introduced since we finished off with the Moto 360, it's just that there isn't much to talk about between any of them. They all have t...
In the end, the Watch Urbane wouldn't even be in my top three list of Android Wear watches to consider. It's big, not designed well for a human wrist, doesn't feature anything spectacular over other watches, is uncomfortable to wear, and is more expensi...
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It's really bigIn the three-odd months since I last reviewed an Android Wear smartwatch, the platform has actually grown on me. A big reason is that Google has shipped a new version of the software that isn't so dogmatic about making you bark commands at...
Latest Android Wear software, Decent battery life, Always-on screen...
It's just really, really big, Divisive design, Expensive...
More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
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LG's newest smartwatch, the LG Watch Urbane, costs $350. So let me just throw it out there now: judging LG's new Watch Urbane from a value perspective is sort of completely silly. When it comes to value, I don't think any Android Wear watch has especially...
Really, really nice The Watch Urbane feels just as nice as it looks nicer even, perhaps. The polished body is gorgeous, and the subtle design changes make it a much more elegant piece than the G Watch R, Wear 5.1 Android Wear 5.1 adds some new features an...
Round screens are still a mixed bag A smaller standard font size and font size options (new in Wear 5.1) make a significant difference compared to the G Watch R, but rectangular text layouts on a circular screen are a difficult pitfall to avoid unless you...
The Watch Urbane is, in my utterly subjective opinion, the best-looking Wear device yet announced. The Huawei Watch and Moto 360 also look nice, but the Huawei Watch simply is too generic "steel luxury watch" for me, and while the 360 is definitely quite...
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We've got some solid options for Android Wear watches, but let's be honest: It's been tough so far to single out any one of them as providing a truly great all-around user experience.The Moto 360 is gorgeous but not without its issues. Sony's SmartWatch 3...
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LG's first Android Wear watch was pretty uneventful, but the company took a big leap forward with its fast follow-up, the G Watch R. Now LG's third Wear smartwatch, which is almost identical to that second one, is also available. Read on, for Gizmag's LG...
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LG announced its brand new gorgeous LG Watch Urbane LTE a few days ago and today we had the opportunity to get our hands on it. Unlike its sibling the LG Watch Urbane, this model does not run Android Wear, in fact, to enable LTE connectivity and NFC payme...
The LG Watch urbane is impressive and beautifully crafted. The new user interface based on WebOS is really intuitive with a fully functional keyboard for messaging and placing phone calls. I am eager to know the pricing and when we will be able to get it...
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Smartwatches really only came onto the scene in a major way in the past two years — Google, Apple, and Samsung are all hoping it'll be the next big computing platform. Since then, we've seen lots of manufacturers try different strategies for strapping a c...
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