LG brings its second Android tablet on the market. The G Pad 8.3 is eight inches tall, and costs a little more than Google’s Nexus 7, but worth the upgrade.
The G Pad 8.3 is the second Android tablet from LG. | © Sean Gallup / Getty Images
LG dare with the G Pad 8.3 after a long break back on the market for Android tablets. Shortly before the Ifa 2013, the South Korean manufacturer had introduced the 8.3-inch device. Golem.de , it has now been tested.
The IPS screen of the G pad is 8.3 inches in size, slightly larger than other 8-inch tablets. The resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of 272 ppi. The screen content is correspondingly sharp, even fine structures are mapped in detail. Colors are the LCD touch screen of course again, even at low brightness screen contents appear still alive. For users with color vision deficiency or color blindness, the screen colors can be inverted, thus the color contrast is increased and the display is easier to read.
principle of the G pad screen has a very warm color reproduction that does not act through excessive and does not interfere. Overall, the display like it very much, it is balanced, sharp and has a large brightness range. Even in bright ambient light screen contents are still visible, the user can in poorly lit environments dim the display strong.
housing with aluminum coverThe case of the G pad is made from plastic, the back cover is made of brushed black aluminum. Although it appears at first glance, the back cover can not be removed. Unlike the display glass he attracts fingerprints almost magically, this can be difficult to remove. The dimensions are 217 times 126.5 times 8.3 millimeters.
With the built-in notification bar app QuickMemo can create user via touch input notes or sketches. It is up to the user whether he wants to make these empty on a piece of paper or the screen content currently shown. This function is convenient, directions can for example easily on a Google Maps map area are located.
-made QuickMemo notes can be either stored locally or share with Bluetooth, e-mail or on social networks like Facebook or Twitter. Sometimes a stylus as with the note-models from Samsung would be desirable – this would simplify both the handwriting and painted notes
. Qpair held cellular modem
LG has deliberately avoided the G pad on a UMTS or LTE modem, and it simplifies the tethering feature. With the application Qpair the user can connect the tablet via Bluetooth easier than ever with its Android smartphone. These must be running on the smartphone as well as on the tablet the Qpair App will be installed and on the smartphone in the background. The smartphone must be running at least Android 4.1, older Android versions are not supported.
If the user starts the app then on the tablet automatically adjusts the G pad creates a tethering connection to the smartphone, although here there is no Bluetooth was activated before. The user no longer needs each time to pull his phone out of his pocket when he wants to go online with the tablet – which is very practical in everyday life
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Qpair allows, however, still more than the mere creation of an internet connection. On the phone incoming calls or messages are displayed on the tablet, the former can not be accepted, but will be answered with a pre-office message. Depending on your wireless service provider, the function of the office message is not available. Whatsapp messages are displayed only answer they can not be.
In addition, the user can view by Qpair which app last ran on the smartphone. This is then started by pressing a button on the G pad. This only works when the app is installed on both devices. Created on the Tablet Quick Memos can be sent automatically to the smartphone. Notifications of social networks like Facebook, Foursquare, Google+, Skype, and Twitter are transmitted on request to the tablet as soon as they are received on the smartphone.
test the LG tablet with a Google Nexus 4 was connected to Android 4.4. The unique setting of the two devices took several attempts before the connection was. In contrast, the reconnection proceeded smoothly and is stable. Overall, the Qpair feature is an extensive and good alternative to the missing cellular modem. For other mobile operating systems, the app is not available.
language assistant can not speak GermanLG has with Voice Mate their own language assistants who currently but responds only to English or Korean language input. This is a shame, because the user can perform many functions of your tablet using your voice with him, how to write an e-mail, for example, update status updates in social networks or search the Internet. As with many Galaxy smartphones from Samsung and the G Pad has a feature that lets as long to switch on display as the user it looks. Videos can be stopped automatically when the user looks away from the screen. Both works well.
Thanks to a built-in IR transmitter TV and other electronic devices with the G pad can be controlled remotely. The decor is simple, the remote control works in the test with a television from Panasonic and LG problems.
Overall, LG’s Optimus UIis clear and provides numerous helpful features that facilitate use.
Long battery lifenot readily replaceable battery has a nominal charge of 4,600 mAh. In everyday usage with surfing, Facebook and Twitter, games and videos look the tablet loosely holds two days without charging by.
G pad slides easily through the menus and respond quickly to user input. Even with multiple open apps, the tablet does not come to a halt. Graphically more complex titles such as Dead Trigger 2 or Riptide GP 2 also run smoothly on the device. The default browser it creates different than Google’s Chrome browser to display web pages without stalling.
Availability and ConclusionG Pad 8.3 by LG is to get it for under 290 € in online trading in white. The black version costs just 10 euros more.
At first glance, LG has brought a somewhat inconspicuous, but on closer inspection, very solid and good Android tablet with an excellent display on the market. In this case, no experiments the South Korean manufacturer is received by the installed hardware and relies on proven components. This is complemented by sometimes more, sometimes less meaningful usability improvements, and the case is handy.
particular, the Qpair function extends the usage of spectrum Tablets strong. LG has the missing cellular modem can replace good with her, for which not only the simple Internet connection via the Android smartphone provides. Also the possibility to display calls, text messages and other notifications from the smartphone to the tablet is practical. The slide-aside feature, however, is not convincing.
That no Snapdragon 800 processor is installed in the G pad, the utility does not hurt noticeably. The user can navigate through menus without any lag and the home screens, the tablet responds quickly, applications run smoothly. From a performance point of the G pad is located approximately at the level of the new Nexus 7
Google’s seven-inch tablet is the G Pad 8.3 a serious competitor. Although the 16-gigabyte version of the Nexus 7 only costs about 70 euros less with Wi-Fi, this is the screen here but with 7 inch also noticeably smaller and lacks a slot for memory cards. Moreover, the additional features of the LG user interface make the disadvantage of not fully current version of Android at the G pad more than compensated.
Publisher Golem.de
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