LG Electronics confirmed the launch of its anticipated G Pad 8.3 tablet, marking the vendor’s re-entry into this competitive market.

The company said that it features “the first Full HD display on an 8-inch class tablet, a unique user experience and wide range of connectivity features”.

The South Korean vendor also said that it complements its premium G series smartphones, stating that it is “just another example of LG delivering devices with the unique selling points consumers around the world will appreciate”.

Indeed, among the features is a “unique QPair app”, which shows calls and messages received on a smartphone (from any Android vendor) on the tablet and enables users to send replies to messages from the G Pad. Notes created on the tablet can also be saved into a smartphone and shared from either device.

LG had a crack at the tablet market in 2011 with its Optimus Pad, a device which failed to generate momentum at a time when numerous smartphone makers were also (largely unsuccessfully) putting their toes into the tablet waters.

In the meantime, this market has largely polarised around Apple’s iPad in the 10-inch screen, premium space and low-cost 7-inch tablets such as Amazon’s Kindle and Google’s Nexus 7 – with Samsung the only company competing effectively across the board.

Contrary to earlier speculation that the device would use a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, G Pad uses a Snapdragon 600 processor, albeit a beefy 1.7GHz quadcore chip.

Available in black or white, the device will be rolled out globally in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as other regions, starting in the fourth quarter of 2013. Pricing will be announced in line with the launch.