LG's New G Pad 8.3 Tablet Will Fit in Your Pocket

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By Samantha Murphy Kelly2013-09-01 20:38:00 UTC

Ahead of the IFA 2013 trade show in Berlin this week, LG announced that its pocket-sized G Pad 8.3 tablet will be joining its lineup of mobile devices. The device will be the first 8-inch tablet on the market with a full HD display.

Although the G Pad 8.3 will officially debut at the conference next week, the company unveiled details about the device this weekend. It also created some fanfare last week with a trailer video posted to YouTube. The clip placed great emphasis on tablet size, and how more people would use the devices if they fit in their pocket.

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Available in both black and white, the sleek tablet weighs less than a pound, and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with 16 GB of memory, 2 GB of RAM, a 5.0 MP rear-facing camera and 1.3 MP camera in the front. The device weighs in at 338 grams — the weight of a newspaper, according to LG — and boasts a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor.

LG didn't elaborate on the price, or exactly when the G Pad 8.3 tablet will hit stores, but said it will roll out in international markets — including North America, Europe and Asia — starting in the fourth quarter of 2013.

This is the first time in a year that LG is launching a new tablet. In a statement, the company said the G Pad 8.3 complements its recently launchedG2 smartphone, which aims to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S4.

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Topics: LG, Mobile, tablets, Tech