LG G Pad 8.3 vs Apple iPad Mini Hands-on


LG announced a tablet after a long time in the form of LG G Pad 8.3 in September 2013 and Apple had launched the iPad Mini way back in November 2012. The G Pad 8.3 takes its design and features from the company’s flagship, G2 while the iPad Mini is a smaller version of iPad. Check out our quick hands-on comparison below to know more.

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LG G Pad has a bigger 8.3inch Full HD(1920×1200 pixel) display when compared against the 7.9inch 1024×600 pixel display on the iPad Mini. The display on the LG G Pad is absolutely gorgeous when compared to the average display on the iPad Mini and that is one of the first things you will notice. G Pad 8.3 is made of high quality plastic and has a solid metal plate at the back while the iPad Mini has a premium Aluminum finish all over.

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Both the tablets have a 5MP camera at the back which are capable of recording 1080p Full HD videos and the G Pad has a 1.3MP camera at the front while the iPad Mini has a 1.2MP camera at the front. G Pad runs on Android 4.2.2 Jellybean and is powered by a 1.7GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 600 SoC along with 2GB RAM. The iPad Mini on the other hand runs on iOS 6(updateable to iOS 7) and is powered by 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 along with 512MB RAM. In terms of performance, both the devices deliver well and the iPad has a lot of tablet compatible apps.

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What do you think of the two solid tablets? Which one will you get?


Author: Monish Kumar

Monish is passionate about smartphones who is also interested in User Experience and Design. He is currently using Samsung Galaxy S3. You can follow him on Twitter and Google+