LG, soon after launching the Magna
smartphone, has now introduced the 3G
variant of the G Pad 8.0 tablet in India.
The tablet is now listed on the
company's site with pricing; however,
there is no word yet on availability.
Priced at Rs. 21,000, the 3G-variant of
the LG G Pad 8.0 comes with single-SIM
(Micro-SIM) support. A Wi-Fi only varian
of the LG G Pad 8.0 already went on sal
last month via a third-party online
retailer at Rs. 17,999.
It's worth noting that LG globally
launched the LG G Pad 8.0 in two
models - Wi-Fi only and LTE . The
company appears however to have
debuted a third-variant (3G + Wi-Fi) for
the Indian market.
The LG G Pad 8.0 3G features an 8-inch
IPS display with a WXGA (1280x800
pixels) display. It is powered by a 1.2GH
quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon
processor (unspecified) coupled with 1G
of RAM, and features 16GB of inbuilt
storage with microSD card support
(expandable up to 64GB).
The tablet features a 5-megapixel rear
camera, a 1.3-megapixel front camera,
and a 4200mAh battery. The LG G Pad
8.0 measures 210.8x124.2x9.95mm, bu
LG has not listed the weight of the 3G
variant on its site. It would be close to
the Wi-Fi only and LTE variants however
with the G Pad 8.0 weighing 342 grams,
and the G Pad 8.0 LTE weighing 344
grams. The LG G Pad 8.0 is available in
Black and White colours.
The Android 4.4 KitKat-based tablet's
highlight is that it shares the same UI as
seen in the company's former flagship,
the LG G3 . In addition, the device
includes QPair 2.0, through which users
can connect to their smartphones with
Bluetooth to conveniently answer phone
calls, receive notifications, and send text
messages, directly from their LG tablet.
Other features on the LG G Pad 8.0
include Touch and Shoot, Gesture Shot,
Smart Keyboard, and Knock Code. The
Touch and Shoot feature enables users
to tap anywhere on the tablet screen to
focus the subject automatically and
shoot images. The Gesture Shot feature
lets users click a selfie shot via the
tablet's front-facing camera with the hel
of a simple gesture. The users would
have to open and close the palms of thei
hands, after which a countdown timer of
three seconds starts.
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