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LG to release new $1,200 luxury smartwatch

August 31, 2015
LG Electronics Co.'s upgraded edition of its flagship smartwatch, LG Watch Urbane Luxe (Photo courtesy of LG Electronics)

LG Electronics Co.’s upgraded edition of its flagship smartwatch, LG Watch Urbane Luxe (Photo courtesy of LG Electronics)

SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s No. 2 tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will showcase an upgraded edition of the LG Watch Urbane, its flagship smartwatch, at an electronics show slated to be held in Germany next month.

The LG Watch Urbane Luxe, which will be showcased at the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) held in Berlin from Sept. 4, will boast a gold body and crocodile-skin strap, the company said.

The price tag on the device is US$1,200, and will be sold on a limited basis with only 500 units available through REEDS Jewelers, a U.S.-based retailer.

The smartwatch will be equipped with a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and run on the Android Wear platform. It comes with a 1.3-inch plastic organic light-emitting diode (P-OLED) display and a 410mAh battery.

Samsung Electronics Co., which showcased its latest phablets earlier this month, is also expected to introduce its first round-face smartwatch at this year’s IFA.