ok so just got off the phone with LH worldshop.

Looks like the re-design is going to include the electronic-tags across their whole line, even carry-ons (which is kinda useless no? unless im missing something).

In addition they are going to be releasing a true US domestic sized carry-on in every line/color (ie alu and poly).

No timeframe yet just "sometime in 2016"

Please take this information with a grain of salt as it is from a dealer...but im pretty sure we wont be missing anything revolutionary if we buy now.