LG G Pad 8.3 review, news: The flagship tablet of the South Korean tech giant LG has 8.3-inches of premium design which bears a display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and pixel density of 273 ppi.

The tablet’s great display is fused with a well-designed user interface, strikingly similar to the LG G2. Tech 2 notes that these are just some of the praise that the new flagship tablet of LG has received, but at $350 and with a range of competing Android-powered tablets, the LG G Pad 8.3 is more of an “almost there” iteration than a “right on” hit.

LG G Pad 8.3 runs on Android 4.2.2 and could receive the Android 4.4 KitKat at some point. CNET UK noted, that even if that happens, you might not notice much difference on the LG tablet as it has its own skin running on the Google OS platform.

The LG G Pad 8.3 has quite a bunch of features that let you use your apps and always be connected without having to put a finger on your phone. The screen on the LG G Pad 8.3 is a whopping 8.3 inches diagonally. The resolution is 1,920 x 1,200 pixels which allows for some great quality high-definition video. All these however is still not enough to justify the amount that you will have to cough up for this tablet.

According to Tech 2, the tablet will be on sale at $350 which is less than what you would pay for the newest iPad mini that will retail for $399 when it comes out by end of November. Despite the fact that the iPad Mini will bear a smaller screen than the LG coming in at 7.9 inches, the resolution still beats the LG. The iPad Mini will boast a cool 2,048 x 1,536 pixels. Other smaller tablets with higher resolutions would be the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon’s KindleFire HDX that retails for $229.

The LG G Pad 8.3 is almost there, but for the price and the array of options available for another Android tablet, it still has a way to go. Nonetheless, it’s performance and aesthetics still makes it a good buy.