- Jun 16, 2007
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The LG G Pad 8.3 LTE came out on Verizon last week and mine arrived today. It's $99 on contract or $300 off contract, so cheaper than the MSRP on the wifi model (though it's sometimes on sale for $250).
What I like so far...
+ Nice build quality. Aluminum body feels real nice, it seems to be put together well. And it's feels quite light and thin.
+ 8.3 inch screen. 8 inches or slightly larger seems to be the sweet spot for me. Good sized screen and the tablet is still narrow enough I can hold it in one hand.
+ KnockOn. I forgot this tablet had this feature. I can double tap to turn the tablet on or off, so I don't need to reach for the power button on the side.
What I don't like so far...
- LG's UI. This is my first non-Nexus LG device. The white navigation bar with grey system bar and white settings is one big fugly mess. The animations are jerky. And there are lag hicups that I think is more the UI than the Snapdragon 600.
- Android 4.2.2. It's running a version of Android over a year old now. And because it's on Verizon and probably not a really popular tablet, I'm guessing we'll never see an update.
- Low quality display. The display is adequate. It's IPS so had nice viewing angles, it's slightly more than full HD so text looks sharp. Even the colors appear fine. But the contrast is horrible, both black and white saturation levels are abysmal. And the brightness is mediocre. The display will be fine for most of the stuff I do on the tablet, games or videos with dark scenes might be hard to see correctly.
- 9.4GB free space out of box. 16GB tablet and over 6GB is already used up by the OS and bloat. At least it has a micro SD slot I guess.
Overall for the price it tends to sell at now I guess it's an okay tablet. I wish the screen was better though, I tend to be a bit fussy about that though. The UI is fugly, but I can live with it. I'll need to spend some time on XDA and see if I can get stock Android on this.
What I like so far...
+ Nice build quality. Aluminum body feels real nice, it seems to be put together well. And it's feels quite light and thin.
+ 8.3 inch screen. 8 inches or slightly larger seems to be the sweet spot for me. Good sized screen and the tablet is still narrow enough I can hold it in one hand.
+ KnockOn. I forgot this tablet had this feature. I can double tap to turn the tablet on or off, so I don't need to reach for the power button on the side.
What I don't like so far...
- LG's UI. This is my first non-Nexus LG device. The white navigation bar with grey system bar and white settings is one big fugly mess. The animations are jerky. And there are lag hicups that I think is more the UI than the Snapdragon 600.
- Android 4.2.2. It's running a version of Android over a year old now. And because it's on Verizon and probably not a really popular tablet, I'm guessing we'll never see an update.
- Low quality display. The display is adequate. It's IPS so had nice viewing angles, it's slightly more than full HD so text looks sharp. Even the colors appear fine. But the contrast is horrible, both black and white saturation levels are abysmal. And the brightness is mediocre. The display will be fine for most of the stuff I do on the tablet, games or videos with dark scenes might be hard to see correctly.
- 9.4GB free space out of box. 16GB tablet and over 6GB is already used up by the OS and bloat. At least it has a micro SD slot I guess.
Overall for the price it tends to sell at now I guess it's an okay tablet. I wish the screen was better though, I tend to be a bit fussy about that though. The UI is fugly, but I can live with it. I'll need to spend some time on XDA and see if I can get stock Android on this.
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