LG U+ (LG Uplus), a South Korea cellular carrier owned by LG has launched a new mid-range LTE-powered tablet – LG U+ Pad 8. The tablet is available on carrier’s official site in white colour and it comes with a screen protector film and an original case. The LG U+ Pad 8 is on sale in 2,000 stores country-wide for KRW 242,000 which is approximately Rs 13,791. We are not sure if the tablet will make it to the Indian market or not.
LG U+ Pad 8 features an 8-inch full HD (1920×1280 pixels) IPS display with an aspect ratio 16:10 and is powered by 1.3 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT8783 Processor paired with 2GB RAM.
The tablet comes with 16GB of internal storage, which is further expandable to up-to 64GB via microSD card. The LG U+ Pad 8 sports a 5-megapixel with rear camera and a 2-megapixel front camera. The tablet is powered by a 4,000mAh non-removable battery that should give at least 6 hours of battery.
On the connectivity front, the LG U+ Pad 8 offers 4G LTE optional, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and FM Radio. The tablet measures 215 X 122.9 X 9.5 mm and weighs 350 grams.
LG had earlier launched the LG G Pad III 10.1 tablet for its home market, i.e Korea last year in December. The LG G Pad III 10.1 tablet is priced at 429,000 Won, which is approximately Rs 24,535. LG G Pad III 10.1 comes in black colour variant.
LG G Pad III 10.1 features 10.1-inch full HD (1920×1280 pixels) WUXGA display and is powered by 1.5 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor paired with 2GB RAM. The tablet runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system. The tablet comes with 32GB of internal storage, which is further expandable to up-to 2TB via microSD card. It has a 5-megapixel with rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. The tablet is powered by a 6,000mAh non-removable battery.