The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition – Model W200A was sent to me by the folks at AT&T to review. This is the first Smart Watch I have reviewed, and as I was contemplating the criteria for this review I decided on the following points. Wear-ability, Usability, Battery Life & Style.
With any watch it is my express opinion you should visit the retailer and try the watch on, and play with it before you buy. So while many sites will dig into all the Android functions, once you have used or tried an Andorid Wear product the functions are nearly across product lines and best tried in person.
Wear-Ability – The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition has a 1.38′ inch OLED screen, thus the body of the watch has a pretty large profile which is a popular style today. It weighs in at 3.27 ounces and is considerably heavier than my Apple watch. But wearing the watch for 8-10 hours a day was very comfortable unlike my Apple Watch I did not have to adjust the strap a dozen times a day.
Usability -Like any new tech you have to learn how to use it and felt that manipulating the controls was pretty easy, it probable took me about a day to adapt to all the functions. My watch had a cellular connection and I could take calls and text without having my mobile.
Battery Life – This was what impressed me the most it has a 570 mAH battery and I only had to put it on the charger once every couple of days. Charging with the included cable you had to be careful to make sure the cable / connector would not get bumped which happened a few times.
Style – The screen is simply incredible and you can pick from several watch faces but, I kept the default and received several compliments. Many did not even realize it was a smart watch. The included band was practical, but I think I would want to upgrade to a leather band or something similar if it was my daily wear watch.
The price is the best part @ $199 with service plan is a great deal for what you get. I think I was shocked the most about the low price.