LG G Pad 8.0

A Descent Product, Value for Money and quite a brilliant performing Tablet f you are looking for a tablet with almost all the features, i would strongly recommend you this product. All the features of the product are quite impressive. Pros : Good battery backup HD display is Awesome 1.3MP front camera (good for video chat in Skype) Android 4.4.2 KitKat Operating System Touch and performance are smooth. Cons : Takes more time to charge the TAB (not a big deal, coz it lasts accordingly) No Head phone is provided. Overall a good deal. Recommended by me. (y) I was looking to buy a tablet for quiet sometime. I was kind of falling for the iPad Air or Mini and then the Nexus 9. The Nexus is feature rich I admit, but I felt its too pricey. And the iPads, I know its the well engineered , optimized and polished piece of cake, but you need to be all Apple to get the full benefit of it. And then on one good day I came across this tablet , the LG G PAD 8.0 which has almost every features I needed as tablet user. Right away I ended up looking for user reviews snapdeal etc as everybody does. But there where none because the device was a new launch. And finally on the basis of few hands on video reviews on YouTube I decided to buy one. A spontaneous decision. The device has got a good viewing angle which makes the tab a good reader. The smart stay / lock feature would have been a good addition. Or is it there ? , hidden somewhere? Found some jerky animation when switching between the landscape and portrait modes, also the text/ contacts scrolling animations too for that matters. The front firing speakers of the device is good. The volume levels are not too high but I think it is adequate for watching movies or music videos. The Dolby surround feature is the one which I liked the most. In fact I did notice that when I installed the Poweramp music player app the Dolby feature was not switching on. So I had to uninstall my favorite music player app :( Anyway I'll experiment on this again. On the first full charge the device ran for 28 hours. That was mixed use with hd video playback, gaming with Skyforce, music, WiFi usage, Youtube viewing, still image shooting and browsing. Please note that I have not started using Sim card on this device which may reduce the battery life in the long run. The main 8mp camera of this device is an okay okay for tab. The autofocus is a bit slow. Its low light performance is not so great. But in outdoor shooting it is awesome. It has got HDR mode also which I liked , again HDR shooting is also slow. Other bit I liked is the keyboard with word suggest and a swipe feature. It works like a charm. The spell check works hand in hand with the other features. In landscape mode the keyboard is so convenient to use , just like a computer keyboard. When you select a sentence and want to cut, copy or paste , the options are kind of hidden away in the upper right side of the screen. But will get used to it. Please note that I typed this whole review with the device' s keyboard. Lol There are several useful pre-installed apps like Skype, Truecaller, Route 66, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter along with Lenovo's Synchit , Shareit and Cloneit. Multitasking in this device is seamless. The GPS reception is good, I was able to get good reception even inside my office. YouTube streaming was really fast over WiFi. The notification and quick controls on the upper screen left and right respectively is a useful feature. For now I am briefing this review , I know there is a lot more to cover as a review , but as I told I am in the early days of using it. I'll keep on adding to this as and when I am using the new features and trying a few more graphic rich games . Overall I am really happy with this buy. Fine touch finishing. Mid night blue colour is awesome. Touch is not getting recognized some times, especially near to the screen edges. It got only one speaker which give some discomfort while watching videos/movies in landscape view. Overall performance is very good. A good piece for the said price. I really love it. Possibly I will also go for one more of it. FINALLY amazing product! amazing price! amazing shipping! amazing SNAPDEAL