Unboxing the New 2018 LG gram #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin the LG grim was

one of my favorite laptops of 2017 but

now it's back for 2018 with a brand new

addition huge shout out to LG for not

only sponsoring this video but also for

hooking us up with the very first 20 18

gram outside of LG now yes this is a

sponsored video however a few guys have

been watching the channel for a while

you'll know that I really really like

the gram so this is my 2017 lg gram if

you call my video I did last year there

is a lot that I like about this laptop

however there were a few things that

wasn't such a huge fan of and that

pretty much is what the 2018 gram is all

about

so the Graham is still available in 1314

as well as 15-inch varieties so this is

the maxed out 15-inch version which LG

sent mostly so I can take a look some of

the higher-end features that you

actually can get with the Graham now pop

open the box and the first thing we see

is the Graham itself and Wow so after

using the 13 for about a year now the 15

looks enormous but it's still pretty

lightweight especially considering how

big the laptop is we're also going to

get a USB c2 Ethernet adapter so like

the previous grand this is helpful

although it is only 10100 Ethernet so

it's not going to be crazy fast but nice

to have in the box and then we get the

power adapter so one of the nice things

is that even though this is a standard

barrel plug you actually can't use usb C

on the gram to charge it so especially

if you have one of the LG USB C monitors

or pretty much any other USB C charger

you can plug it in that way for such a

big laptop it always like surprises me

at how light this is

so I think that's actually where the

grand name comes from it weighs just

over a kilogram so even though it kind

of looks like plastic it's actually a

magnesium alloy and according to LG it's

actually survived a lot of different

durability testing although I'm not

exactly going to drop test my shiny new

one-of-a-kind laptop to test so I'll

just take their word for a mat drop

testing the laptop can take your closer

look inside the laptop and you'll see

that two of the biggest features have

their own wonderful stickers on board in

case you're curious about your new

laptop this guy not only has the new 8th

gen Core processors but it also has an

upgrade to a full Thunderbolt 3 port so

in addition to doubling as a USB C port

the Thunderbolt 3 port also does support

power data as well as something like a

5k my door

or even in an external GPU now you

should keep in mind that not all the new

grants will have thunderbolt 3 some will

just have standard USBC but this is a

really nice thing to see you're also

getting the power plug a USB 3.0 port as

well as full-sized HDMI and on the other

side at least on the 15th version you're

going to be getting two more USB 3.0

ports a headphone jack as well as

microSD one of the biggest upgrades for

the Graham is the brand-new quad core

processors so inside this guy we're

getting a core i7

8550 you 16 gigabytes of RAM as well as

one terabyte of SSD storage now don't

get me wrong the old Graham wasn't

exactly slow but moving up to a

quad-core processor makes a big

difference even normal day-to-day use

and especially when you get into heavier

tasks such as like video editing or

gaming this guy also now has dual

channel memory which is going to free up

a lot of additional memory bandwidth

especially when it comes to gaming now

you probably shouldn't pick up the LG

Gramma's gaming computer with the u HD

620 graphics are ok for some light

gaming such as rocket league here we're

playing at 720p and that was terrible on

performance settings alright you know

what we'll just call that intentional

remove a few screws from the bottom and

you get access to everything inside the

laptop now you might very well void your

warranty like this but there's actually

some interesting stuff in here including

not only access to our memory but we

also have dual SSD slots

now most grams will ship with one of

these SSD slots empty however because we

have the one terabyte version this is

going to be populated with a pair of 500

gig drives but it's really nice to be

able to see that not only can you

upgrade your memory but you can also add

an additional SSD down the road you know

what I've got to give LG a shout-out

here this is a really easy to work on

laptop even though they might not

necessarily want you to get inside of

here

everything is logically laid out so you

can get at your memory you can get your

SSDs the battery is pretty much right

front and center they did a really good

job of making this very friendly if you

do need to get in here to say repair

something battery life has been one of

the big strong suits of the Gramm and

that continues this year so we're going

from a 60 watt hour to a 72 watt hour

battery which brings battery life from

18 hours up to supposedly 22 and a half

according to LG now keep in mind that

that is with the 13 inch model the 15

does lose a little bit off the top and

you also have to consider that even

though it does have that bigger battery

it's going to be slightly offset by the

more powerful processor but that being

said this

is going to last you a very very long

time off the battery regardless of

whether you pick up the 13 14 or 15 inch

version of the gram you're going to be

getting a 1080p IPS panel now that

resolution might not be anything crazy

but it's plenty sharp even on the 15

inch model color is nice and vibrant

you're getting good viewing angles

decent brightness and importantly some

of the best contrast I've ever tried on

a laptop one of the more annoying things

with the original Graham was the

placement of the webcam it's below the

screen and gives a great view of the

inside of your nose thankfully LG has

addressed this with the new grin when

they move the webcam up top above the

screen you know like every other laptop

ever another small but welcome

improvement is with the fingerprint

sensor before it was on the touchpad and

well it really wasn't that big of a deal

it could get in the way sometimes

however thankfully for the 2018 model

they've moved it back to a much more

sensible location of the power button

I've got to give LG props it really does

feel like they were listening to the

feedback from the 2017 model and rolled

a lot of that into tweaking the new 2018

Edition now if I may make one suggestion

for the 2019 LG Graham how about a

dedicated GPU option if you guys want to

know more feel free to check this guy

out at the link in the description and

I'm curious what do you think about the

2018 LG Graham let me know in the

comments below and I will catch you on

the next one