Performance / User Interface

Since this tablet is based on a 1.7 GHz Snapdragon 600 SoC with Adreno 320 graphics unit and 2 Gigabyte of memory, there is plenty of performance available for anything you might possibly do with it. Thanks to the fact, that there are 2 Gigabyte of memory the enhanced multitasking capabilities run smoothly. There is for example the possibility to stay on the home button for about two seconds and then you can switch tasks easily.

It’s not just that there is plenty of performance, we do also like that the user interface is clean and the logic behind it is easy to understand. As an example we can take the settings tab: on the left hand side, there are the different topics and should tap one, you see the associated content on the right hand side. Arranging a navigation this way, makes it very tidy and you won’t forget what was in the menu before. There are other approaches to this where you tap something and a new page opens. We actually prefer LG’s approach in this case.

Something else that is rather nifty is the way you can lock and unlock the LG G Pad 8.3. You can do that by double tapping the screen. Although it’s not working perfectly all the time, it’s a great way to lock/unlock your device, since clicking the lock/unlock button on the right hand side of the devices, can be more circumstantial.

One thing you might be missing with the G Pad 8.3 is that there is just no version of this tablet that features a 3G/4G module. This way you either have to rely on wireless connectivity or you hook the tablet up to your phone. In our opinion it’s really a pity, LG doesn’t provide more different versions. It wouldn’t have been a big issue to make yet another device with an additional 3G/4G module.

Battery life

LG equipped the G Pad 8.3 with a 4’600 mAh battery pack, which should basically be enough to power a high resolution display as well as the Snapdragon 600 SoC. When we were testing battery life, while constantly playing movies, we notice that after 5 hours and 31 minutes the battery was finally empty. In everyday use, which includes browsing, writing e-mails, playing games, using apps and watching a few videos the battery went empty after almost 7 hours. Compared to other tablets like the Nexus 7 or the iPad, the LG G Pad 8.3 is really lacking behind.

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Page 1 - Introduction

Page 2 - Specifications

Page 3 - Design / Display / Camera

Page 4 - Performance / User Interface

Page 5 - Benchmarks

Page 6 - Conclusion