LG G Pad 8.3 Review

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone Ash technobuffalo.com here and I'm reviewing the LG gPad 8.3 it's an interesting tablet on paper but can it stand up to the Nexus 7 or the Kindle Fire HDX or even the iPad mini stick around to find out okay so we have to discuss the hardware on the gPad this is a really nice looking tablet the brushed metal and plastic lends itself really well to tablet design but on that same note it's still a slab just like its competitors it's not a bad thing but it not a good thing either since it makes the g-pad a little bit forgettable everything is laid out really nicely on the g-pad on top there's a 3 and a half mm headphone jack an IR blaster and a Micro SD card slot that's expandable up to 64 gigs a volume rocker and power sleep button are on the right side of the tablet and your micro USB port and microphone are on the bottom there's a rear-facing 5 megapixel camera a front-facing 1.2 megapixel camera and dual speakers along the back right side of the device to round out the device's externals I actually really like the way LG placed the speakers here holding the g-pad with your left hand doesn't cover the speakers really at all if you know where they are and when you hold the device with your right hand you're completely in the clear and rotating the device in a landscape mode puts the speakers on the top rear of the device and they sound fantastic when you're watching videos this screen is gorgeous it's an IPS LCD with a delightful resolution of 1920 x 1200 the very same resolution as the 2013 Nexus 7 and the 7-in Kindle Fire HDX the g-pad has a slightly lower PPI than those two tablets though because of the larger screen size but you won't notice I promise the viewing angles are really nice on the gPad and the colors aren't oversaturated like some AMOLED screens can be you'll definitely need to crank up the brightness Outdoors though because the screen is a little bit hard to see when you're outside specs wise the gPad has a Snapdragon 600 processor under the hood that's not top of the line but it also performed well when I used it and I felt like the sacrifice of raw power for battery life was probably good one on LG's part the g-pad ships with Android 4.2.2 but LG's got their own custom variant on board just like every other Android OEM Samsung loves to add s to their app names and LG likes Q so you'll find a trove of LG branded apps on the gPad Q pair Q slide Q remote knock on slide aside smart screen smart video Q memo and notebook I go over each feature and what they do in full in my written review so you can check out what each one is if you're interested but I really do want to mention and slide aside quickly which I thought was the app with the most potential but the poorest implementation so it works like this you're in an app and if you want to kind of store it off to the side you swipe left with three fingers and the device will keep that app there for you just off screen well that's all well and good but you can't pin apps there meaning every time that you access any of the maximum of three apps and slide aside it D stickies it and you have to redo that three-finger swipe motion over and over again I'd love to be able to choose which three apps I always want a aailable but that option isn't offered as for battery life the g-pad has a huge 4600 mAh battery under the hood now for me that meant a full weekend without needing a charge but as a disclaimer I tend to be a moderate tablet user and I keep my brightness down to under 25% most of the time I live in a cave the second time around I tested the battery I cranked the brightness up to 100% and used it the same way as before and the g-pad was looking for juice around 12 hours later so for what it's worth if you're a power user who needs a super bright screen this tablet might barely get you through a day's use overall I think this is a good tablet but that's actually the problem there are some great Android tablets out there this year's Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HDX are both excellent midsize Android tablets with some xfactor to spare and both of those devices start a full 120 bucks less than the 16 gig g-pad that's a lot of extra apps and accessories you could buy so for me it's just not worth the price tag if this tablet was 250 bucks it might be really great but at the end of the today there's some intangible aspect missing from this perfectly decent little tablet that's why I gave the LG gPad 8.3 a 7.5 it's just priced too high and doesn't quite hit any high notes to be worth its cost and on top of that it's just not compelling enough to do battle with its higher profile competitors well that's it for my LG gPad 8.3 review leave your comments down below give us a thumbs up if you enjoyed the review as always head over to technobuffalo.com for all the latest and greatest Tech news and reviews I'm Ashley ska see you guys next time once what's up everyone it's Ashley thanks so much for watching that most recent video If you enjoyed it please click on the word subscribe right underneath me to get tons of more Tech videos from us here at TechnoBuffalo we have got unboxings comparisons reviews Recaps and everything else you can think of here on the channel if you're in the mood for more technology just click right over here to check out some of our most recent videos see you next time humanshey everyone Ash technobuffalo.com here and I'm reviewing the LG gPad 8.3 it's an interesting tablet on paper but can it stand up to the Nexus 7 or the Kindle Fire HDX or even the iPad mini stick around to find out okay so we have to discuss the hardware on the gPad this is a really nice looking tablet the brushed metal and plastic lends itself really well to tablet design but on that same note it's still a slab just like its competitors it's not a bad thing but it not a good thing either since it makes the g-pad a little bit forgettable everything is laid out really nicely on the g-pad on top there's a 3 and a half mm headphone jack an IR blaster and a Micro SD card slot that's expandable up to 64 gigs a volume rocker and power sleep button are on the right side of the tablet and your micro USB port and microphone are on the bottom there's a rear-facing 5 megapixel camera a front-facing 1.2 megapixel camera and dual speakers along the back right side of the device to round out the device's externals I actually really like the way LG placed the speakers here holding the g-pad with your left hand doesn't cover the speakers really at all if you know where they are and when you hold the device with your right hand you're completely in the clear and rotating the device in a landscape mode puts the speakers on the top rear of the device and they sound fantastic when you're watching videos this screen is gorgeous it's an IPS LCD with a delightful resolution of 1920 x 1200 the very same resolution as the 2013 Nexus 7 and the 7-in Kindle Fire HDX the g-pad has a slightly lower PPI than those two tablets though because of the larger screen size but you won't notice I promise the viewing angles are really nice on the gPad and the colors aren't oversaturated like some AMOLED screens can be you'll definitely need to crank up the brightness Outdoors though because the screen is a little bit hard to see when you're outside specs wise the gPad has a Snapdragon 600 processor under the hood that's not top of the line but it also performed well when I used it and I felt like the sacrifice of raw power for battery life was probably good one on LG's part the g-pad ships with Android 4.2.2 but LG's got their own custom variant on board just like every other Android OEM Samsung loves to add s to their app names and LG likes Q so you'll find a trove of LG branded apps on the gPad Q pair Q slide Q remote knock on slide aside smart screen smart video Q memo and notebook I go over each feature and what they do in full in my written review so you can check out what each one is if you're interested but I really do want to mention and slide aside quickly which I thought was the app with the most potential but the poorest implementation so it works like this you're in an app and if you want to kind of store it off to the side you swipe left with three fingers and the device will keep that app there for you just off screen well that's all well and good but you can't pin apps there meaning every time that you access any of the maximum of three apps and slide aside it D stickies it and you have to redo that three-finger swipe motion over and over again I'd love to be able to choose which three apps I always want a aailable but that option isn't offered as for battery life the g-pad has a huge 4600 mAh battery under the hood now for me that meant a full weekend without needing a charge but as a disclaimer I tend to be a moderate tablet user and I keep my brightness down to under 25% most of the time I live in a cave the second time around I tested the battery I cranked the brightness up to 100% and used it the same way as before and the g-pad was looking for juice around 12 hours later so for what it's worth if you're a power user who needs a super bright screen this tablet might barely get you through a day's use overall I think this is a good tablet but that's actually the problem there are some great Android tablets out there this year's Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HDX are both excellent midsize Android tablets with some xfactor to spare and both of those devices start a full 120 bucks less than the 16 gig g-pad that's a lot of extra apps and accessories you could buy so for me it's just not worth the price tag if this tablet was 250 bucks it might be really great but at the end of the today there's some intangible aspect missing from this perfectly decent little tablet that's why I gave the LG gPad 8.3 a 7.5 it's just priced too high and doesn't quite hit any high notes to be worth its cost and on top of that it's just not compelling enough to do battle with its higher profile competitors well that's it for my LG gPad 8.3 review leave your comments down below give us a thumbs up if you enjoyed the review as always head over to technobuffalo.com for all the latest and greatest Tech news and reviews I'm Ashley ska see you guys next time once what's up everyone it's Ashley thanks so much for watching that most recent video If you enjoyed it please click on the word subscribe right underneath me to get tons of more Tech videos from us here at TechnoBuffalo we have got unboxings comparisons reviews Recaps and everything else you can think of here on the channel if you're in the mood for more technology just click right over here to check out some of our most recent videos see you next time humans\n"