The eye-catching 8.3" capacitive touchscreen of 1920 x 1200 pixels resolution is definitely one of the LG G Pad's key selling points. The pixel density equates to about 273ppi, which is amongst the highest you'll find on a similarly-sized screen. LG is keen on making lots of noise about how the colors are rendered on their panels, compared to Samsung's AMOLED displays. Long story short, LG claims the G Pad 8.3's display shows 100% accurate colors, unlike AMOLED screens.
Of course, we took it for a test drive ourselves and we can safely confirm that the images indeed look great and colors pop, especially the reds. Here's how it stacks up to the Google Nexus 7, that has a LED-backlit IPS display of the same resolution, although at a notably smaller diagonal.
The Pad 8.3 display • Next to the Google Nexus 7
The LG G Pad 8.3's display is not only sharp, but has very good resistance to reflectivity and almost no contrast loss when viewed from an angle. Previous LG screens would show contrast shifts at a much smaller angle and with a much stronger intensity.
The screen scored one of the highest contrast ratios we've seen on a tablet, and also one of the lowest brightness levels we've tested, tablet or smartphone. has about the same brightness though the contrast is better.
Display test
50% brightness
100% brightness
Black, cd/m2
White, cd/m2
Contrast ratio
Black, cd/m2
White, cd/m2
Contrast ratio
LG G Pad 8.3
0.09
100
1112
0.33
345
1047
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014
0.27
221
831
0.53
440
821
Google Nexus 10
0.26
223
859
0.50
443
878
Sony Xperia Tablet Z
-
-
-
0.53
531
996
Sony Xperia Tablet S
0.35
334
947
0.67
526
783
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
0
149
∞
0
379
∞
Apple iPad mini
0.25
208
838
0.51
458
812
Apple iPad 3
0.21
167
809
0.6
477
779
Apple iPad 4
0.21
163
797
0.63
476
762
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7
0
200
∞
0
328
∞
Asus Google Nexus 7
0.25
244
954
0.36
327
908
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
0.27
223
832
0.49
406
821
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
0.31
257
826
0.55
502
915
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus
0.17
196
1141
0.34
424
1236
The capacitive sensor on the screen is very sensitive and will detect touches even if you're wearing gloves, using a long fingernail or an improvised stylus (like keys, some pens, etc.).
Here's the Pad 8.3's display matrix up close:
LG G Pad 8.3 display matrix
Battery life
The G Pad 8.3 features a non-removable 4600mAh battery. We weren't able to do our full battery endurance test as it requires data network connectivity, but we did test web browser and video playback performance.
The G Pad ran for right around 7 hours and 4 minutes of constant browser usage before giving out, which puts it around the middle of the pack.
Web browsing
Acer Liquid E2 12:39
LG G2 11:22
HTC One Max 11:20
Sony Xperia ZR 11:20
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini duos 10:10
BlackBerry Q5 10:04
HTC One 9:58
Apple iPhone 5s 9:58
Apple iPhone 5 9:56
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 9:47
Motorola RAZR MAXX (ICS) 9:12
Apple iPad mini 9:05
Apple iPhone 5c 9:05
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 9:04
ASUS Nexus 7 (2013) 9:03
Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom 8:51
Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 8:48
BlackBerry Q10 8:42
Nokia Lumia 810 8:20
Asus Padfone 2 8:20
Moto X 8:17
Huawei Ascend Mate 8:17
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 8:17
HTC One mini 8:12
Nokia Lumia 610 8:01
HTC One X+ 7:56
Sony Xperia E dual 7:42
LG G Pad 8.3 7:40
Samsung Galaxy S III mini 7:38
Nokia Lumia 720 7:37
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active 7:35
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 7:24
Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue 7:23
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 7:23
HTC Radar 7:17
Nokia Lumia 520 7:15
Samsung Galaxy S4 GPE 7:13
LG Optimus GJ 7:11
Gigabyte GSmart Maya M1 v2 7:10
Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos 7:09
Samsung Galaxy Express 7:09
Nokia Lumia 625 7:07
Motorola RAZR i 7:06
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 6:58
Apple iPhone 4S 6:56
Samsung I8262 Galaxy Core 6:54
HTC One V 6:49
LG Optimus G Pro 6:40
Samsung I9105 Galaxy S II Plus 6:40
Sony Xperia L 6:40
HTC Droid DNA 6:40
Samsung Galaxy Premier 6:40
Motorola Atrix HD 6:40
BlackBerry Curve 9380 6:40
Sony Xperia Z 6:37
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 6:35
HTC Desire 600 dual sim 6:34
HTC Desire 500 6:31
Huawei Ascend P6 6:30
BlackBerry Z10 6:27
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (JB) 6:27
HTC Butterfly 6:24
Sony Xperia SP 6:18
Samsung i937 Focus S 6:15
Nokia Lumia 510 6:13
Sony Xperia ZL 6:04
HTC Windows Phone 8X 6:01
Sony Xperia Z1 5:59
Sony Xperia ion LTE 5:56
Samsung Galaxy Fame 5:55
Samsung Rugby Smart I847 5:53
Pantech Burst 5:51
Nokia Lumia 1020 5:50
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G 5:45
HTC Desire V 5:44
HTC Evo 4G LTE 5:41
Nokia Lumia 920 5:40
Samsung Wave 3 S8600 5:34
Oppo Find 5 5:33
Sony Xperia T 5:33
Samsung Captivate Glide 5:33
Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam 5:28
Samsung Galaxy Note LTE 5:24
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 5:23
Samsung Galaxy S Duos 5:23
HTC Sensation XL 5:20
Meizu MX 4-core 5:19
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III 5:17
Sony Xperia acro S 5:16
HTC Rezound 5:16
HTC Desire X 5:16
LG Optimus G 5:15
HTC Rhyme 5:08
Samsung I9103 Galaxy R 5:07
HTC One X (AT&T) 5:03
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro 4:50
LG Optimus Vu 4:49
HTC Vivid 4:46
Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos 4:45
Meizu MX 4:35
Google Nexus 4 4:34
Nokia N9 4:33
Acer CloudMobile S500 4:32
Nokia Lumia 820 4:24
Samsung Galaxy S II 4:24
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V 4:20
HTC One X 4:18
Nokia 808 PureView 4:14
LG Optimus 3D Max P720 4:10
Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T 4:10
Nokia Lumia 800 4:07
HTC Titan II (LTE) 4:05
HTC One S 4:03
BlackBerry Bold 9790 4:02
LG Nitro HD 4:00
LG Optimus 4X HD 3:59
Sony Xperia P 3:59
Nokia Lumia 710 3:51
Nokia Lumia 620 3:50
Samsung Galaxy Pocket 3:47
Samsung Galaxy Note 3:35
Huawei Ascend P1 3:23
Samsung Galaxy Nexus 3:01
Video playback also scored around the middle of the pack with a time of 6:53.
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