The new LG Urbane Watch Passes LTE Android Wear and Bet on WebOS

LG presents a new model with LTE connectivity Urbane Watch without Android Wear, what is that? If just a few weeks ago showed us his new LG Watch Urbane would try to compete with the new wave of smartwatch looming in the coming months, recently the company has unveiled a second model of the device with LTE connectivity and with some variations significiativas. Indeed, there is only one version of Urbane Watch with LTE, indeed, we could say that these are two different smartwatch.

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The first big thing that we found from the model without LTE is that it incorporates Android Wear, it is a new operating system based on WebOS. In fact, there were already rumors that LG was working on a smartwatch based on WebOS and even could show a completely functional at CES 2015 last.

Know the reasons that have led LG to leave out Android Wear, although the company may be trying different ways and decide according to the results obtained in either mode in future watches. Of course, the most obvious difference is that this Watch Urbane own LTE connectivity features and therefore can make calls and surf the Internet without being connected to the smartphone.

The design of this new model also experience some slight variations from its previous version without LTE. For example, now there are three physical buttons on the right side opposite the first single from Watch Urbane presented. The functionality of these buttons are: access the settings, turn on / off screen and take us to the home screen. The frame of the device appears to be slightly thinner and more curved outlines, giving it a more sporty look.

NFC, GPS and LTE, the great strengths of this new LG Watch Urbane to fight competition. Here the list of complete technical specifications of this new model we leave:

• P-OLED screen of 1.3 inches with resolution 320 x 320 pixels at 245 ppi
• Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 400 to 1.2 GHz
• 1 GB of RAM
• Battery 700 mAh
• WebOS operating system
• 4 GB storage
• Barometric pressure sensor, heart rate sensor, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0
• NFC, GPS and LTE
• 9-axis sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer and compass
• Certification IP67 waterproof and dust
• Versions: silver with stainless steel body

Certainly, as we see in CNET, are to highlight its generous 700 mAh battery, much bigger than we are used to seeing in this market. It also incorporates native NFC and GPS, two very important features in the face of future services ahead. It is also the first smartwatch we see with 1GB of RAM, see if you have any useful application beyond fatten your list of technical specifications.

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