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GSMArena team, 05 September 2013

IFA 2013


IFA 2013: LG G Pad 8.3 hands-on

  • Comments (24)
  • User reviews
  • G Pad 8.3

3. LG G Pad hands-on
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. LG G Pad hands-on
  3. 3. LG G Pad hands-on
  4.  
  5. LG G Pad 8.3 specification
  6. User opinions and reviews
  7. Review comments (24)

LG Android IFA 2013

G Pad 8.3 hands-on: software

The LG G Pad 8.3 is powered by Snapdragon 600 - a conscious decision by LG, as the Snapdragon 800 would have been too power hungry. The company says the Snapdragon 600 is fast enough and while it is indeed fast, we did feel a small difference between it and the Sony Xperia Z Ultra when using the browser. The battery has 4,600mAh capacity by the way.

LG Ifa 2013
LG G Pad 8.3 runs Android 4.2.2 with LG customizations

We ran some benchmarks on the G Pad 8.3, but we'll do more when we get our hands on a proper review unit.

Benchmark Pi

Lower is better

  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3
    98
  • LG G2
    99
  • Sony Xperia Z1
    115
  • Sony Xperia Z Ultra
    115
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    130
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    132
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    132
  • LG G Pad 8.3
    133
  • HTC Butterfly S
    135
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    147
  • HTC One
    151
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
    166
  • Nexus 7 (2013)
    211
  • Sony Xperia Z
    264
  • Sony Xperia Tablet Z
    262
  • HTC Butterfly
    266
  • HTC One X+
    280
  • LG Optimus G
    285
  • HTC One mini
    293
  • Samsung Galaxy Note II
    305
  • Nexus 4
    431

AnTuTu

Higher is better

  • LG G2
    35444
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3
    32907
  • Sony Xperia Z Ultra
    29185
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    26275
  • Sony Xperia Z1
    25909
  • HTC Butterfly S
    25357
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    24716
  • HTC One
    22678
  • LG G Pad 8.3
    22512
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    21363
  • Sony Xperia Z
    20794
  • Sony Xperia Tablet Z
    20216
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    20056
  • HTC Butterfly
    19513
  • Nexus 7 (2013)
    19131

SunSpider

Lower is better

  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3
    648
  • Sony Xperia Z Ultra
    750
  • Sony Xperia Z1
    830
  • LG G2
    902
  • LG G Pad 8.3
    907
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    1046
  • Nexus 7 (2013)
    1150
  • HTC One
    1174
  • LG Optimus G
    1293
  • LG Nexus 4
    1379
  • HTC Butterfly
    1397
  • Sony Xperia Tablet Z
    1629

The G Pad 8.3 runs Android 4.2.2 and the user interface feels quite familiar as it should to anyone who has used LG's custom Android UI. It borrows the KnockON feature from the LG G2, so you can tap the screen to wake it up. Another custom feature is Slide Aside, which allows you to switch between up to three apps easily with a three finger swipe.

QPair is a really interesting feature - it pairs the G Pad 8.3 with an Android smartphone, even a non-LG phone (Android Jelly Bean is recommended). QPair will display notifications from the phone on the tablet like incoming calls or messages (SMS and from social networks) and even let you respond.

There's more - you can open a tab in the browser or an image in the gallery on the phone and then transfer it to the tablet. This works for any app that's installed on both devices, but since QPair relies on the app to sync the content it won't work with all third-party apps.

Any QMemos you scribble to on the tablet are synced on the phone as well and you get a one click option to toggle the Wi-Fi hotspot on the phone and share its Internet connection with the G Pad 8.3.

We also managed to snap a few camera samples with the G Pad 8.3. Keep in mind that these lighting conditions are far from ideal.

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LG G Pad 8.3 camera samples

3. LG G Pad hands-on
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. LG G Pad hands-on
  3. 3. LG G Pad hands-on
  4.  
  5. LG G Pad 8.3 specification
  6. User opinions and reviews
  7. Review comments (24)

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