Urbane 2nd Edition LTE watch CANCELLED!

[atuarre]

Well until LG confirms the component, just speculating it's LTE, but what if it's the display or something...can't take that chance.

 

[iCurtisG]

Yeah, I thought the same thing, but someone will end up buying it, then find out about the recall and demand their money back and you will have to give them their money back. I thought about keeping mine but if the part that is problematic and it fails, well after they stop taking returns, you are kind of screwed.

Nah they can demand their money back all day but after the 14days is up I don't have to give them anything so they'll just be SOL I do this daily with phones they randomly go bad 2 months after they're purchased.

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[daddyd302]

I'm at the point I wish I hadn't returned my watch... I just don't like the S2 very much compared. I was totally loving the LG U2 LTE

I'll sell you mine for .........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l91ISfcuzDw

Sorry I had too lol

This is why I'm kinda leaning towards keeping it. I mean what else is out there that is even close ot the Urbane 2 spec wise? The only thing that's even close is the Huawei watch but that's $50 more and it's only blue-tooth/wif-fi.

Even so, the Urbane 2 has a better resolution. The other android wear are even worse. Now as for the speaker, only the Hauwei and Zenwatch 2 even have speaker. Ever since I downloaded wear media, I can listen to my songs on my watch, hell there's even a youtube app for the watch. It's so awesome to listen to music from my watch, it's not the greatest but it's a good option to have.

For those that are thinking about returning it, even if we can only use it as a wi-fi/blue-tooth device, it's stil the best watch out there for android wear at $300.

 

[atuarre]

Re: Watch release cancelled

I'm keeping mine. I hope LG would allows us to keep it and just let us swap it out with the re-released version.

That would be nice wouldn't it, but LG is a company that loves money. Don't see that happened.

 

[atuarre]

Nah they can demand their money back all day but after the 14days is up I don't have to give them anything so they'll just be SOL I do this daily with phones they randomly go bad 2 months after they're purchased.

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I was talking about the dude that said he was gonna try and sell it on eBay. You know how crazy eBay buyers are.

 

[foxbat121]

I was talking about the dude that said he was gonna try and sell it on eBay. You know how crazy eBay buyers are.

It seems from the sold listing on ebay, this watch has been sold anywhere from $500 to $750. But, the demand is not that high.

 

[adamdadam]

I've seen them go for 800 as well. I lucked out got mine for 240 right before the announcement. Money is money but I think having a super rare watch that no one can get its better.

 

[Fr0gburp3r]

Re: Watch release cancelled

The LTE came in really handy yesterday at Universal Studios Orlando/Islands of Andventure. We can't take our phones with us on the Dragon Challenge Rollercoaster and we had to put all our belongings in a locker. We stood in line for 30 minutes but wanted to keep track of some football games from notifications. The watch worked perfectly. I continued to get notifications! From the verbiage of LG's statement, I don't think the part they are referring to will fail. I think the function they are referring to just didn't meet their strict testing for everyday use. This could be a function that works fine for us but the tests LG performs may have been a test we would not perform on a day in day out basis. I've been getting a lot of compliments at my workplace for my watch and coworkers telling me they want one. I tell them this is now a limited edition watch that cannot be purchased any longer. lol I don't think AT&T will shut the service off on this watch because they would be losing money from me on a monthly basis.

 

[brandonpry55]

I had one on order and was glad that they automatically cancelled it. I don't think LG would have cancelled something that was this far along if it was just a performance issue. I highly doubt it was anything health related but they could have easily found out that the hardware won't hold up or that the included chargers push a higher wattage then what the watch can take or something like that.

 

[BasPilot]

Nope, you got the joke right on the head! I like it.

 

[ConTejas]

Re: Watch release cancelled

The LTE came in really handy yesterday at Universal Studios Orlando/Islands of Andventure. We can't take our phones with us on the Dragon Challenge Rollercoaster and we had to put all our belongings in a locker. We stood in line for 30 minutes but wanted to keep track of some football games from notifications. The watch worked perfectly. I continued to get notifications! From the verbiage of LG's statement, I don't think the part they are referring to will fail. I think the function they are referring to just didn't meet their strict testing for everyday use. This could be a function that works fine for us but the tests LG performs may have been a test we would not perform on a day in day out basis. I've been getting a lot of compliments at my workplace for my watch and coworkers telling me they want one. I tell them this is now a limited edition watch that cannot be purchased any longer. lol I don't think AT&T will shut the service off on this watch because they would be losing money from me on a monthly basis.

That's great, but don't be upset when you lose a hand or something and can't sue due to the recall. JK I wouldn't wish that on anyone, but it must be a serious hardware issue or hazard.

 

[Fr0gburp3r]

Re: Watch release cancelled

That's great, but don't be upset when you lose a hand or something and can't sue due to the recall. JK I wouldn't wish that on anyone, but it must be a serious hardware issue or hazard.

According to LG's statement, it's not a health hazard.

 

[foxbat121]

Re: Watch release cancelled

My guess is LG forgot to include NSA mandated backdoor spy chip or the ones they included didn't work as NSA expected

 

[Sammuel1973]

Re: Watch release cancelled

I have been following this thread, and I regret not buying this watch. I was waiting for my carrier, TMobile, and know that I could have use it with an AT&T variant...oh well.

 

[daddyd302]

Re: Watch release cancelled

That's great, but don't be upset when you lose a hand or something and can't sue due to the recall. JK I wouldn't wish that on anyone, but it must be a serious hardware issue or hazard.

There is no recall, they just decided to cancel the rest of the launch........ You can keep your watch and still get warranty done on it if still have the receipt.

 

[foxbat121]

Re: Watch release cancelled

This watch's hi-res screen is claimed to be the highest of its kind on watches. So, it fits the description of LG claims that an advanced component never used before on wearables. So, assume it is the screen that doesn't last long enough. And there is no replacement possible support the same resolution (maybe Samsung could have some but LG will never source the component from Samsung). That explains the reason why LG can't give out any ETA of re-launch or even possibility of re-launch. If they can't get this screen fixed, there will be no Urbane 2.

BTW, this is not LG's first LTE watch. Original Urbane has a LTE version released only in Korea running WebOS. So, LTE is not the problem.

If my speculation is right, I have now turned off Always On watch faces to prolong the screen life as much as possible.

 

[kminatta]

Re: Watch release cancelled

i just returned my Urbane 2. the AT&T person at the store was new, so he read their entire internal announcement to me (no information on why it failed, btw). the $100 credit is real. my guess is that whatever went wrong with the watch was serious enough that they sweetened the pot for returning the watch. LG and/or AT&T does not want anyone to keep the watch, so they added some credit to the return to ensure that they got most/all of the sold watches back. loved the watch, but i love a full refund and $100 credit more than a watch that has issues. i'll wait for the next newest and best watch to be released. good luck to anyone who decides to keep it. i hope it works out for you.

 

[adamdadam]

Re: Watch release cancelled

You could have sold it on eBay for like 600 bucks easy.

 

[Jascias]

Re: Watch release cancelled

This watch's hi-res screen is claimed to be the highest of its kind on watches. So, it fits the description of LG claims that an advanced component never used before on wearables. So, assume it is the screen that doesn't last long enough. And there is no replacement possible support the same resolution (maybe Samsung could have some but LG will never source the component from Samsung). That explains the reason why LG can't give out any ETA of re-launch or even possibility of re-launch. If they can't get this screen fixed, there will be no Urbane 2.

BTW, this is not LG's first LTE watch. Original Urbane has a LTE version released only in Korea running WebOS. So, LTE is not the problem.

If my speculation is right, I have now turned off Always On watch faces to prolong the screen life as much as possible.

All they said was "The hardware issue was related to a new advanced component that we had incorporated in the device that had never been used in an LG wearable device before."

At this point we don't know what that could be.....this is subjective information. We don't have any evidence it is screen related. For all we know it could chip related, or even a flaw in the antenna in the band, which could also fit the description of LG claims.

 

[foxbat121]

Re: Watch release cancelled

All they said was "The hardware issue was related to a new advanced component that we had incorporated in the device that had never been used in an LG wearable device before."

At this point we don't know what that could be.....this is subjective information. We don't have any evidence it is screen related. For all we know it could chip related, or even a flaw in the antenna in the band, which could also fit the description of LG claims.

Of course they didn't say. But that doesn't mean we can't do reasonable speculation. The chipset (Qualcomm SD 400) has been used in phones and other wearables. Not new. Chips and antenna doesn't require thousands of hours of testing. They either work or not. .