It looks like LG has a new tablet on the way, and it has a big name, mediocre specs, and one unusual feature: an optional dock that adds ports, an extra battery, and a kickstand, among other things.
While the LG GPad X2 8.0 Plus hasn’t been officially announced yet, Android Police reports that details about the upcoming tablet were posted to a T-Mobile support page.
The tablet features an 8 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, an unspecified 1.4 GHz octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, 5MP front and rear cameras, and Android 7.0 software. There’s a microSD card rader with support for up to 2TB of removable storage, and the tablet supports 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, and T-Mobile’s 4G LTE network.
The most interesting/unusual thing about the tablet is the docking accessory which is shown in pictures on the website, but not described in any of the support documentation.
Fortunately, a leak from earlier this year helps fill in the blanks: it’s expected to be called the GPad Plus Pack and it has a 4,400 mAh battery, stereo speakers, and it seems to have at least one full-sized USB port, a micro USB port, a power button, and a proprietary connector for attaching to the back of the tablet.
Not a bad idea, except if I wanted a speaker like that, I would want it any way BUT rear-facing
Those are some pretty tepid specs for 2017. Something tells me they won’t price it as low as they spec’d it.
I’d buy it if were cheap (I need a cheap computer in the garage) but over $200 is a no-go for these specs.
It’s not a popular thing to say around these parts, but I think Apple has killed the market for low-end Android tablets, and that market wasn’t that big to begin with. It’s not a big jump in price to the base iPad these days, and it has better specs, better build quality, and will be supported longer. You have to be on a pretty tight budget to forego that for one of these things. It’s incredibly disappointing, because I’d love to have a good Android tablet to compliment my phone but they’re consistently disappointing spec-wise at pretty much every price point.
You’re so right. In the past I’ve had a couple of nice Android tablets (2013 Nexus 7 and a 10″ ASUS) but there are basically none now. Now I have an iPad mini 4 and an iPad Pro 10.5. Still have the 10″ ASUS for certain things though.