LG G Pad 10.1 review: Inching along

Inching along

GSMArena team, 08 August 2014.

Phonebook

The LG G Pad 10.1 isn't call enabled as there is no SIM inside. But it will allow you to manage your Google contacts through the Phonebook app. It has a split-screen view mode with the list of contacts on the left side and the contact details for the select person in the right pane.

You can edit contacts, add a variety of field to each person and add and edit groups of contacts, such as Favorites.

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Phonebook

You can't call contacts but the G Pad 10.1 will enable you to write and email or check out a linked address on Google Maps and just about any other thing that doesn't require a cellular network.

We ran our traditional loudspeaker test on the LG G Pad 10.1 and it got a very good mark. You can find out more about our loudspeaker test here.

Speakerphone testVoice, dB Pink noise/ Music, dB Ringing phone, dB Overall score
Microsoft Surface RT 61.7 60.2 64.2 Below Average
Asus Transformer Pad 59.3 64.6 67.0 Below Average
Sony Xperia Tablet S 64.7 61.8 67.1 Below Average
Apple iPad mini 2 65.7 62.1 72.3 Below Average
Google Nexus 10 68.3 66.1 67.8 Average
Apple iPad Air 67.9 65.9 76.6 Good
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 70.1 65.8 75.7 Good
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 75.7 66.6 77.2 Very Good
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 3G 71.7 73.2 75.7 Very Good
LG G Pad 10.1 71.6 73.5 77.5 Very Good


Email and text input

The LG G Pad 10.1 comes with two email apps - the traditional Gmail app and the LG Mail app. The latter has the added benefit of merging all your email accounts into a single interface with a unified inbox.

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Gmail

It does lack in the design department, though. Gmail looks much more appealing.

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Email

LG offers a wide array of typing methods, including split keyboard, voice recognition, handwriting recognition, and Path input, LG's take on Swype.

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Keyboard

You have the added ability to raise and lower the keyboard to get more or less gaps between the keys. There's also a boatload of customization options, including a dark-toned keyboard, vibration when pressing a key, character bubbles on keypress, to name a few. LG can even update its word suggestion library, if you have the option enabled.

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Keyboard

You can always go and install a third party keyboard but the provided LG one is among the best, most functional we've seen on a slate.

Reader comments

  • Anonymous
  • 30 Jan 2020
  • 8bm

Tablet wont come on..plugged in last night, will not come on this morning..is there a reset button anywhere? Tablet about 3 years old

  • Anonymous
  • 04 Oct 2015
  • 42v

Does the tablet support video playback via HDMI?????

  • JohnP
  • 30 Nov 2014
  • kj4

Great little tablet with some interesting features.