LG has announced its pocket-sized G Pad 8.3 tablet ahead of the IFA 2013 trade show in Berlin this week. The device will be the first 8-inch tablet with a full HD display on the market.
Although the tablet will officially debut at the conference next week, the company unveiled details about the device this weekend. It also received a great response for its trailer video posted to YouTube last week. The clip laid great emphasis on tablet size, and how more people would use the devices if they fit in their pocket.
The device packs an 8.3-inch screen with a 1920×1200 pixels resolution and a super-slim body that makes it weigh just 338 grams — the weight of a newspaper, according to LG.
Available in both black and white colors, the sleek tablet, runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 16 GB of storage, 2 GB of RAM, a 5.0 MP rear-facing camera and 1.3 MP camera in the front. The device boasts a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and is powered by a 4,600mAh battery.
Despite all that, it's just 8.33m thick and weighs less than a pound
Software enhancements include QPair and QSlide features -- the former allows the tablet to connect with smartphones from all OEMs and sync calls and messages across the devices on the G Pad itself, while the latter allows for three apps to run on-screen at once.
LG didn't elaborate 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.
The prices have not been mentioned so far and will be revealed at launch.
This is the first time in a year that LG is launching a new tablet since the original Optimus Pad. The company said the G Pad 8.3 also complements its recently launched G2 smartphone, which aims to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S4.