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.

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.

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


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+
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