 Hey, this is Sam with The Verge at Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, and here we have the LG Watch Urbane LTE, which is a completely new smart watch from LG. It's based on webOS, as opposed to the Android devices that the company has released so far, and here's how it works. So you have the basic watch face here, and if you push this button you get taken to a list of apps. It makes use of the circular display in a way that Android wear doesn't really. It feels a bit more natural to scroll through these things. There's three buttons on the edge. This one is a quick settings, you can push it and adjust the brightness and so on, and right here you have a back button to take you back out of the app that you've entered. So what does this thing have? Well, there's a whole bunch of stuff. This is a Korean video platform, there's a voice assistant that can check your contacts, the health tracking app, a cycling app, a golf app. There's a whole bunch of stuff. This is very much a gadget. There's a lot you can do on this watch. So the most important feature I guess is the built-in LTE connectivity. This is the world's first LTE smart watch according to LG, and what it means in practice is that this watch actually can operate independently from a smartphone instead of constantly needing to be tethered from it. So you can make phone calls on this, there's a full-on keypad, you can talk to people walkie-talkie style in groups, you can check your email even when you're away from your smartphone. So unlike Android Wear, which is built around the idea of just pinging notifications and so on from your phone to the second screen, this is really kind of more of an independent device in its own right. The downside of that of course is that you'll need a second data plan for it. You'll probably be paying a lot more per month if you have this running alongside a smartphone. But we actually don't know a lot about the release plans for this thing. It's only been confirmed for a Korean release so far with one carrier, and it should be coming in the next couple of months, but no pricing details or anything have been announced yet. So you'll just have to hold on and wait to see whether the thing will make it to the US. But it's pretty cool. If you're into the idea of a very hardcore gadget-focused smart watch, this seems to be one of the best ones yet. There's a lot you can do on it. LG has clearly made an effort to actually make a new watch OS rather than sort of trying to ping things from the phone to the watch. But I don't know. It's not the most intuitive thing to use, and it's kind of bulky. I don't think I could wear this under a shirt. Well, I'm wearing a shirt now, but the sleeves are rolled up. But it's, I don't know, it's definitely going to be a niche product. But for what it is, it is kind of cool. So LG also has a non-LTE version of the Watch Urbane. This one is just called the LG Watch Urbane. It runs Android Wear, which means that it is pretty much the same as every other Android Wear watch functionally. It has all the sort of pedometer functions and so on, and it's very Google-fied interface. It's a little more focused on what LG calls luxury experience than other Android Wear watches. It's made of stainless steel. There are gold and silver finishes. The strap is made of stitched leather. It's not as bulky as the LTE version. It's a little, you know, fits a bit better on the wrist, although it's still a fairly big watch by watch standards. I mean, it doesn't feel anywhere as nice as a full-on luxury watch, obviously. But for what it is, it does the job. We don't know anything about availability or price, but it should be coming around the world, LG tells us. And so that was the LG Watch Urbane and the Watch Urbane LTE.
 Hey, this is Sam with The Verge at Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, and here
 we have the LG Watch Urbane LTE, which is a completely new smart watch from LG.
 It's based on webOS, as opposed to the Android devices that the company has released so far,
 and here's how it works.
 So you have the basic watch face here, and if you push this button you get taken to a
 list of apps.
 It makes use of the circular display in a way that Android wear doesn't really.
 It feels a bit more natural to scroll through these things.
 There's three buttons on the edge.
 This one is a quick settings, you can push it and adjust the brightness and so on, and
 right here you have a back button to take you back out of the app that you've entered.
 So what does this thing have?
 Well, there's a whole bunch of stuff.
 This is a Korean video platform, there's a voice assistant that can check your contacts,
 the health tracking app, a cycling app, a golf app.
 There's a whole bunch of stuff.
 This is very much a gadget.
 There's a lot you can do on this watch.
 So the most important feature I guess is the built-in LTE connectivity.
 This is the world's first LTE smart watch according to LG, and what it means in practice
 is that this watch actually can operate independently from a smartphone instead of constantly needing
 to be tethered from it.
 So you can make phone calls on this, there's a full-on keypad, you can talk to people walkie-talkie
 style in groups, you can check your email even when you're away from your smartphone.
 So unlike Android Wear, which is built around the idea of just pinging notifications and
 so on from your phone to the second screen, this is really kind of more of an independent
 device in its own right.
 The downside of that of course is that you'll need a second data plan for it.
 You'll probably be paying a lot more per month if you have this running alongside a smartphone.
 But we actually don't know a lot about the release plans for this thing.
 It's only been confirmed for a Korean release so far with one carrier, and it should be
 coming in the next couple of months, but no pricing details or anything have been announced
 yet.
 So you'll just have to hold on and wait to see whether the thing will make it to the
 US.
 But it's pretty cool.
 If you're into the idea of a very hardcore gadget-focused smart watch, this seems to
 be one of the best ones yet.
 There's a lot you can do on it.
 LG has clearly made an effort to actually make a new watch OS rather than sort of trying
 to ping things from the phone to the watch.
 But I don't know.
 It's not the most intuitive thing to use, and it's kind of bulky.
 I don't think I could wear this under a shirt.
 Well, I'm wearing a shirt now, but the sleeves are rolled up.
 But it's, I don't know, it's definitely going to be a niche product.
 But for what it is, it is kind of cool.
 So LG also has a non-LTE version of the Watch Urbane.
 This one is just called the LG Watch Urbane.
 It runs Android Wear, which means that it is pretty much the same as every other Android
 Wear watch functionally.
 It has all the sort of pedometer functions and so on, and it's very Google-fied interface.
 It's a little more focused on what LG calls luxury experience than other Android Wear
 watches.
 It's made of stainless steel.
 There are gold and silver finishes.
 The strap is made of stitched leather.
 It's not as bulky as the LTE version.
 It's a little, you know, fits a bit better on the wrist, although it's still a fairly
 big watch by watch standards.
 I mean, it doesn't feel anywhere as nice as a full-on luxury watch, obviously.
 But for what it is, it does the job.
 We don't know anything about availability or price, but it should be coming around the
 world, LG tells us.
 And so that was the LG Watch Urbane and the Watch Urbane LTE.