LG Halts Sales of New LTE-Connected Smartwatch

LG has just revealed that it is halting sales of the recently launched Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE smartwatch, citing a “a hardware issue which affects the day-to-day functionality of the device.”

The watch was the first Android Wear smartwatch with cellular connectivity and was launched by AT&T last week. Verizon was scheduled to put the device up for sale starting tomorrow. Neither carrier will continue selling the device. According to an email to The Verge from an LG representative, there is no set date for when the watch may return to store shelves.

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This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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