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a brand-new entry in the tablet line brings LG to 10.1 inches in its screen hey it's Joshua regard from Android authority what's going on everybody and this is the LG G pad - at first glance obviously with the LG G pad to the 10.1 inch screen is the centerpiece here it comes in at full HD resolution but as you move around the device you'll find that this is actually a pretty nimble device despite the larger screen it comes in at 7.8 millimeters thick and features a soft metallic finish on the back which looks like brushed metal but despite having that really nice feel it also tends to be a little bit slippery and obviously took to the finger prints pretty easily the somewhat larger bezels on the side mounted dual speaker suggests that LG imagined this tablet for landscape usage primarily and the phone metallic finish is available in just this born color you're seeing right now which is called brilliant bronze underneath however you have the Snapdragon 800 the quad core Edition with two gigabytes of RAM 16 gigabytes of internal storage that is actually expandable though so if for those of you that have been hankering for expandable storage and all your devices recently this tablet has it in spades you have your micro SD card slot available in the back even a 5 megapixel camera you can see there in the back with a 2 megapixel camera up front will be available for all of this really quick photos that you might want that aren't necessarily going to be of the highest quality if tablet cameras have anything to do with it but then we have a 70 400 milliamp hour battery underneath that should be able to power the tablet for a pretty good while especially for those of you who might be binge watching for hours on end on this tablet LG's GUI is still what powers here so really with this big screen you should have enough room for all of the different elements that the GUI tries to really throw at you everything from the qslide applications to the great dual window that should work really well on this larger display and then everything underneath including quickmemo+ and all of the different widgets that LG has put in for better usage across the board the GUI might be a little bit Sacher oversaturated rather when it comes to its features but really it is still very functional and should be able to be powered by the Snapdragon 800 in a very easy way that being said it will come pre-loaded with Microsoft Office for anything tablet and an additional 100 gigabytes of free onedrive storage for two gears so if the storage with the microSD card slot in the back is still not enough for you then you have even more in the cloud but actually the fun doesn't really stop there because we also have a new peripheral that's available specifically for this tablet but can be used with other ones as well as it is a Bluetooth keyboard that is a fold-out keyboard and when you fold it out it feels almost like a laptop keyboard but what's great about it is that it feels really nice now typing on this particular keyboard is really easy just have to fold it out and then there are some stands in the back that will allow you to stand in particular the LG G pad - 10.1 on it so you can use it almost like a almost like a convertible tablet or in all-in-one in sort so it kind of has that feel to it especially when you have these really solid keys here now one thing about typing on here is that there is a large gap between the lines here that does take a little bit of getting used to so after typing on it for a little while we were able to still get up to speed one triple a battery power is this particular fold-out keyboard that we were told will come in at around $100 so even if you're looking for an investment in input for one of your other devices not necessarily just the LG G pad - we do think that this one is pretty nice already put taking it all together though it's just a really nice looking package and we do look forward to looking at the Jeep head - 10.1 when we get our hands on it in a review unit so keep it tuned to Android authority for a review of that and even more and we'll probably take a look at this keyboard in the future again as well so keep it tuned to you for even more as we bring you the best from Aoife here in Berlin Germany this is Joshua car from Android authority coming to you live from our meeting here with LG