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LG has stopped taking orders for its Urbane Second Edition smartwatch a little more than a week after it went on sale.

The company canceled the rollout of the device, the first Android Wear smartwatch with 4G LTE connectivity, because of an unspecified hardware issue, LG said on November 19, 2015. The company didn't say anything if they will start selling again Urbane Second Edition soon.

"Late in the quality assurance process for the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE, our engineers were made aware of a hardware issue which affects the day-to-day functionality of the device," the company said in a statement. "After further investigation, the decision was made to cancel the rollout of the Urbane 2nd Edition LTE due to the complicated nature of the issue.

"Whether the device will be available in the future will be decided at a later time," the statement continued. "For now, our top priority is to ensure that only products that meet our very specific quality standards are available for purchase."

The Urbane Second Edition is a gadget that techies have been vying for. The Android Smartwatch is a follow-up to LG's earlier Urbane model which was released last May. It has 480x480-pixel resolution, the highest of any Android Wear watch to date. It is also the first smartwatch on Google's Android Wear software to feature cellular connectivity built in, meaning you could make calls and receive notifications even when your handset wasn't close at hand.

Smartwatches are still limited that they have to be synced to a smartphone to make and receive calls and messages. This becomes a problem if you're out and have left your smartphone at home or somewhere else.

"As long as your watch and phone are connected to a cellular network, you'll be able to use your watch to send and receive messages, track fitness, get answers from Google and run your favorite apps," Google said in a blog post earlier this month. "And yes, you'll even be able to make and take calls right from your watch, for when your hands are full, or your phone is elsewhere."