LG G Pad V500 from Asda, £179

cruhoortwunk

Seems a good deal for an 8inch tablet, use the asda promotional code "taboffer" to bring it down to £179.
€3.50 then to deliver to Parcel Motel
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-g-pad-v500-tablet-android-4-2-2-jelly-bean-16-gb-8-3-asda-direct-1824168

Big Nelly

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

Seems a good deal for an 8inch tablet, use the asda promotional code "taboffer" to bring it down to £179.
€3.50 then to deliver to Parcel Motel
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-g-pad-v500-tablet-android-4-2-2-jelly-bean-16-gb-8-3-asda-direct-1824168

Not as good a deal as the Samsung but still not bad!

Big Nelly

Big Nelly wrote: »

Not as good a deal as the Samsung but still not bad!

IMO it's a better deal than the Samsung but to each their own.

JDxtra

G Pad? Terrible product name!

Paranoid Mandroid

JDxtra wrote: »

G Pad? Terrible product name!

not as bad as the 'touch pad'. Matron!

Big Nelly

Deleted User wrote: »

IMO it's a better deal than the Samsung but to each their own.

Samsung offer gives you another 50 off as well as the 20......

Big Nelly

Big Nelly wrote: »

Samsung offer gives you another 50 off as well as the 20......

Yes but I would regard this tablet as superior enough to the Samsung to justify the price difference.

Big Nelly

Big Nelly wrote: »

Not as good a deal as the Samsung but still not bad!

The Samsung at €155 is about all I would pay for a dual core 1280x800 tablet nowadays. It was overpriced to begin with but at €155 is good value. They reduced them because the quad core Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 is being unveiled this month.

This is quite a bit better, and quite a bit more expensive. Value wise it's about the same. You get what you pay for.

cruhoortwunk

Gee Pad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asXw2a4kQLc

codrulz

Paranoid Mandroid wrote: »

not as bad as the 'touch pad'. Matron!

I think that's slightly unfair, "touchpad" has a nice ring to it aswell as being short and simple, but not to under articulated as to be called a g pad...

Blinked_Missed It

I have one of these for the last couple of months. It is without a doubt the best tablet I have ever owned. Incredibly slim but rock solid with an aluminium back, perfectly placed speakers that avoid your fingers in any orientation (someone thought that through) and are good quality. Exact same spec as the HTC One. Quad core Snapdragon 600, 2gb ram but also has the microsd slot.

The LG configurations on of the OS are really something. I thought I'd want to go stock android but not after using it. The one big thing for me is the Q-Pair feature. If you get a call or text it appears on your G-Pad and you can respond via just the tablet. Brilliant when you are browsing on the bus, get a text or call and without having to dig out your phone you know who its from and get can respond, or decide not to. Also really cool for doing 2-step verifications on your accounts.

I have it running via a €10 Slimport adapter acting as as full media center at 1080p. The current XBMC build is fine for 720p but haven't found a way to run 1080p without it running both tablet & external display at the same time so it causes some lag at 1080p. The LG video player runs a 1440p video of pCars with no stuttering to the 2560x1440 external display. Not sure what else you could want from a tablet.

I've had the iPad 1st gen, Nook HD7, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Blackberry Playbook and the G-Pad destroys them. Screen quality, build, functionality. My battery is lasting well into 15 hours with Lux-lite installed. The Xposed framework works so you can customize once rooted and rooting can be done for free with one click using Kingo. I paid £249 and would do it again. At £179 its a steal. May just get another for the hell of it

This will give a good comparison to the Nexus 7 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAH5rn8Db10

faral

it says out of stock. sh1te I was on the way to order one:/

geecee

Mine has despatched :-)
Ordered yesterday (Wed) at lunchtime

cruhoortwunk

geecee wrote: »

Mine has despatched :-)
Ordered yesterday (Wed) at lunchtime

You didn't even bother thanking the OP

geecee

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

You didn't even bother thanking the OP

Thats because i bought it before you posted the OP!
Although i will thank the OP for putting me off the Galaxy Tab 3 8in!

eggnog98

I know this has probably been asked a million and one times but as a telephone number (legitimate UK required by asda) did you just use the parcel motel one? Thanks
Edit: It's all gravy baby

geecee

geecee wrote: »

Mine has despatched :-)
Ordered yesterday (Wed) at lunchtime

As above mine was ordered wed at lunchtime and already arrived in Parcelmotel since 21.00 Fri evening

Really impresssed with Asda delivery speed!

Not so impresed with the Irish weather and the 20 min walk to my local parcel motel!

Tinie

Big Nelly wrote: »

Not as good a deal as the Samsung but still not bad!

This tablet is a FAR better tablet than the samsung one and easily justifies the price difference in the long run.

sawdoubters

Samsung is not a good tablet

I was reading they put their own software on top of android which slows it down,they wanted to dump android

google went after them so theres some agrrement not to do it,we shall see when Samsung brings out its new phone


google is bring out an 8 as it cant sell nexus 7 at its high price probably in march

gunnerfitzy

Out of stock now. Darn!

gunnerfitzy

Back in stock now.

Ordered!!

Thanks OP.

eggnog98

gunnerfitzy wrote: »

Back in stock now.

Ordered!!

Thanks OP.

did you need to alter your billing address to the parcel motel one or did you even bother?

gunnerfitzy

eggnog98 wrote: »

did you need to alter your billing address to the parcel motel one or did you even bother?

Used actual billing address. No problems.

padyjoe

Lads! I wonder what's the story with the screen issue? Some users experiencing the led lights leaking through or yellowish tinge on lcd.

jemima_b

Ordered myself one at £179 yesterday too. With £2.95 delivery to Parcel Motel depot in Newtownabbey, then €3.50 Parcel Motel charge to get it to Dublin, overall cost to me was c. €221.
Presuming no probs with Parcel Motel, this is a pretty SWEET deal !!! Especially as Harvey Norman currently quoting a "reduced" price of €319.

jemima_b

Many thanks to cruhoortwunk for spotting this.

jemima_b

At same time also ordered a SanDisk 64gb microSD card from Amazon at £43.09 for the G-Pad. Price drop to £28.87 today so cancelled orig order and reordered at lower price.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007JTKM30/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

westside

bought my mother one of these in HNs for Xmas for Eur 300. Played with it today for the first time and its a nice machine. Very good screen and plenty of zip.

geecee

i had a nightmare trying to upgrade my G pad to Android at the weekend...
Even ended up "bricking" the device and havig to invoke a lttle known LG app to restore the system to working...

The CWM release killed the device and CMB release got me stuck in a boot loop...

Finally found a ROM that worked without any issues:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581988

Hopefully this will save somebody some time!

gunnerfitzy

jemima_b wrote: »

At same time also ordered a SanDisk 64gb microSD card from Amazon at £43.09 for the G-Pad. Price drop to £28.87 today so cancelled orig order and reordered at lower price.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007JTKM30/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I went for the Toshiba 32GB micro SD SDHC UHS-I class 10 memory card - £13. That will do nicely

GrumPy

eggnog98 wrote: »

I know this has probably been asked a million and one times but as a telephone number (legitimate UK required by asda) did you just use the parcel motel one? Thanks
Edit: It's all gravy baby

"EDIT: It's all gravy baby"

Fancy posting the solution you found, no? :pac:

eggnog98

GrumPy wrote: »

"EDIT: It's all gravy baby"

Fancy posting the solution you found, no? :pac:

What's the craic grumpy!
I just used the parcel motel one in the end and so its all bisto.
Have a swell evening 😉ðŸ˜

GrumPy

eggnog98 wrote: »

What's the craic grumpy!
I just used the parcel motel one in the end and so its all bisto.
Have a swell evening 😉ðŸ˜

What one specifically? Asda don't see to like em', regardless of what combos I hammer in.
EDIT: I Used my work number (+44 UK Belfast) and added my mobile number in comments section.

Kevcol

So this or the Nexus 7? Any suggestions. Been looking online and it seems more are looking towards Nexus 7 but I really like the look of this!

eggnog98

GrumPy wrote: »

What one specifically? Asda don't see to like em', regardless of what combos I hammer in.
EDIT: I Used my work number (+44 UK Belfast) and added my mobile number in comments section.

I used this with no issue:
00 44 28 9084 8411

GrumPy

Kevcol wrote: »

So this or the Nexus 7? Any suggestions. Been looking online and it seems more are looking towards Nexus 7 but I really like the look of this!

http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/29/nexus-7-review-2013/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/01/lg-g-pad-8-3-review/

Rough comparison

GrumPy

Ordered one of these at 20.45 on Thursday and it arrived at 21:00 Saturday. Very impressive speed from Yodel/ ParcelMotel.
The tablet itself is really nice, it's a little difficult to hold in one hand, but battery life seems good so far and it's very nippy. The IR function is great if the TV remote is too far away.