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- Lg Gram 14 Indian Variant 2018-2019 and various upgrade options available.
I bought this laptop during the Amazon Pre-Diwali Sale 2018. so the offer i am talking about was in the year of 2018.
Primary reason to buy this laptop were the following:
1. Ram Upgrade through additional slot
2. Twin SSD slot
3. NVME support
4. Best Panel, far superior than Asus laptops in the same price band
5. Rocking Battery backup of 10hrs in regular situations.
6. Under 1Kg weight.
Crucial SSD Upgrade Video: • Crucial 1TB M.2 SSD 20...
This is my next laptop, it has a fucking thunderbolt 3 port ... that’s blowing Microsoft surface lineup out of thin air. I own a surface pro 4 and it’s a trash device. You should try some skins from dBrand. A company in India makes skins from actual wood. Now I am going to salvage my NVME sad from my surface pro 4 🤔
i am having issues with keyboard and hinge 2019 model.
also do know any good repair place in delhi where they can repair day to day?
any views on lg service process? i was told that some one will pickup from from home and then they sent it to service centre.
No idea on service, you try with authorized service first. aliexpress was a good portal for spares but govt of India has banned this site.
Is it still working?
Just bought the LG Gram 17 2020 series, for just 70k .
Great!! is it the I7 variant and did you buy it from amazon?
@@chiradip24 yes i7 version from Flipkart. However Indian model has 8gb ram with 512gb SSD, unlike us one has 16+1tb SSD.
On Flipkart, price is showing nearly 90k.Have you applies any coupon or card offer??
@@vishalc.5709 it's 69k. Currently out of stock.
www.flipkart.com/lg-gram-17-core-i7-10th-gen-8-gb-512-gb-ssd-windows-10-home-17z90n-laptop/p/itmce951f9f0f098?lid=LSTCOMFVSRGXWPXFHH380JY5V&pid=COMFVSRGXWPXFHH3&affid=amitkumar21
@@AMITKUMARSINGH796 yes, thanks for link. Hope to find stock on big billion day with attractive price tag.
Did the price slash even more after you got this at 70k?
Let me explain my situation. As of now the 15 inch model i5+256 ssd is priced at 70k. But the 17" one has been priced at 67k twice (I checked through pricehistory dot com) and I'd obviously wait for a pricedrop again and get the 17" with i7 + 512 ssd. But I dont know what are the chances of that happening. You bought this (z980) machine in July, so was the 2019 version out at that time resulting in such a price cut? And according to you should I wait for a pricedrop to get a better deal (17") or just go for the (15") ?
i bought my Gram during Diwali sale of 2018 and that time the Lg Gram was selling at about 70k and i got a ICICI bank cash back offer of 8K cashback, so my effective price was Rs62K.
i dont think the 17inch price will fall any further since the new Gram 2020 has already been launched with Intel 10Gen cpu and should get listed in few months, so the existing model will get scrapped.
@@chiradip24 Do the previous models get scrapped immediately?
@@harioandluigi4569 what do you mean by immediately ?
one day you will check on amazon and will see the new 2020 model listed and the old model de-listed.
these are internal company policies and can be implemented without notice.
Hey some TH-cam says..it doesn't have active cooling so it doesn't operate at processor full capacity.. is it true? Model is i5 10th gen 2020
Well i use windows task manager and it shows the CPU operating clock speed which is as per manufacturer's specifications, and yes it does throttle speed in case of over heating. that is something which all CPU do to protect themselves from damage.
@@chiradip24 thanks for reply....it is available at 60000 on Amazon should it worth to buy...or should I go for some mid range 11th gen cpu...
@@diggajjoshi5151 My suggestion would be to wait and buy 11Gen LG Gram. They have been launched and should hit markets soon. 60-70K for a laptop is lot of money and i would recommend not to invest this kind of money on outdated technology.
Is it normal for this laptop to heat near fans while charging?
If while using the laptop, then Yes. if it heats up while charging in OFF state then NO. You should check earthing in your house.
To upgrade RAM for LG14 2021, which one will be good?
I am using crucial ram. You will need to check your laptop ram frequency first to avoid mismatch.
@@chiradip24 sure. Thank you
Nice explanation bud, bit iffy at the start but explained well and in detail 👌👏
Glad you liked it. Thank you for the kind words.
LG gram 990
HP pavilion ce 1000tx
HP pavilion ce 1037tx
Which is the best...?
( My requirements are using MATLAB,LABVIEW,AUTO CAD etc )
Certainly not Gram 990, since the Intel 620UHD graphics in this laptop is not a graphics work horse, but then if you do plan to use Egpu over thunderbolt then thats a different story all together.
I wouldn't be able to comment on the other laptops since i haven't used them.
Hope that helps.
I bought a ssd nmve crucial 1 tb ,and insert in the free slot, the PC in file explorer doesn't recognize it but in system application it's recognize it as ssd unknown, what do I have to do to get the best recognize and have de nmve speed ?
You need to format the drive (new ssd ) from device manager or hard disk manager. Search the net for further details
you could have got pcie nvme 1tb for 16k
Does 14 or 15 inch i5 model (2019) support thunderbolt ?
My version didn't. You will need to check with the company website
yes they do
My 14z995 has a thunderbolt 3.1 port, although a single one but at this price range I am going to suck up and say that it's a sweet deal. Can support upto two 4k displays (PCIe 8) with speeds upto 40GBps.
@@RahulYadav-nk6wp thanks a lot man...really needed to hear that...
Just one more thing...where did u buy the 14z995 model ?
Amazon only shows 14z990..
@@rishabh4334 even 14z990 also has thunderbolt , www.lg.com/in/computers/lg-14Z990-V
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@chiradip i brought the same but i am having issue with left hinge its loose nd damage and right one making cracking sounds
Hi,
My laptop hinge had also gone loose couple of month's back, but i thought it may be because i open my laptop a lot for making videos. if you are comfortable opening the back cover, then open and have a look. or else just contact service, these laptops are backed with 3years warranty.
Very well detailed review!
Could you provide information on the Crucial SSD you added on? Maybe add it in the description of the video itself?
Did you do a RAM upgrade later on?
Crucial SSD video th-cam.com/video/LZFf7ftz5FA/w-d-xo.html
I badly wanna buy a light weight non gaming but fast laptop?
Would u like to recommend lg gram 15z990 or Microsoft surface 3 or any other?
Sure. Gram is much better choice if touch screen is not a priority for you and options of up-grad-ability is something which would interest you.
my personal advice would be go with I7 model and if you can invest in samsung NVME ssd 970 or 980. that will beat any thin and light laptop hands down.
@@chiradip24 I am a student and can't afford i7 model or gram
I was thinking of buying gram 15z990 8th gen i5/15 inches/256ssd
2020 model of gram is coming with 10th gen i5, do u think it's worth the wait and cost
ps: thnx a lot for replying 😁
@@rohandinesh9399 That would be a good idea, since the launch of the newer versions is just around the corner. company is just waiting to clear out the old inventory before introducing the newer versions. for example, you should see, what kind of mess Samsung has created with M30, M30s and and now M31 model mobiles and interesting all priced at the same price. who will buy a 3 iterations old model if the latest is available at the same price... so that ways LG is smart.
@@chiradip24 but...I might need a new laptop in a month or 2
Do u have any rough idea as to when 2020 version of gram will be released?
Bro...do u have any idea as to when lg gram 2020 version might be launched? Plzzz tell
My friend, i really dont know, but my best guess would be in the coming financial year that is by end of April or May 2020.
@@chiradip24 okay tysm for yr reply!!
Very helpful review sir
Can I buy these for coding?
sure, coding should not be an issue with SSD running under the hood and mind you, you always have he option of upgrading the ram.
Will opening the laptop up like this void the warranty? Any warranty seals over screws you have to break through? Thanks.
No it doesn't void at least in India, cant say about other countries. And of course you have to know how to do it properly and safely. Otherwise the options i have shown are supposed to be user level upgrades.
@@chiradip24 do you have to remove the rubber feet to reach the screws? If yes how do you stick them back?
@@cc4405 yes you need to remove the rubber feet. they have glue under them, so be careful while removing them. the tricky part is getting the back cover off since even after removing the screws, the back cover has internal clamps, so you will need to use a very thin wick to pull it apart. but be very careful.
and please like my video.
thanks..
Nice info bro..Am planning to buy 2019 model..only concern is light build quality..but the drop tests i saw completely negates the above concern..whts ur perspective..?
For a very long time I was a die hard fan of Asus till i came across LG Gram. The build is solid and would easily take out daily handling loads and even if you drop it, nothing to worry since everything inside is solid state, no moving parts apart from cpu fan, so nothing to worry.
And if you are from India, you must buy it now during Amazon sale. Last year when i had bought, i go an awesome cash back of Rs 8000 from ICICI Bank.
Chiradip yeah am frm bangalore..waiting fr amazon sale..but this time these guyz r givin offer for sbi credit card..i hv icici..lets see..one last question ny intesive app u tried like android emulator etc..did u notice ny cpu throttling..?..i hv zeroed in this laptop only..surface laptop 2 is good but u cant open it..macbook air dual core processor..zenbook touchpad issue..so in this price range this is beast..!!
@@tapanflame if you are going for i7 version, just upgrade the ram and you should not see any throttling issues.
But if you're going with the i5 version, then expect things to be slightly different.
Hey, I wanted to ask a few things.
1) I am concerned over the service I'd get after warranty expires. Asked a couple of local repair guys and they said LG Gram is unknown and it's parts won't be available in the market if due for a replacement. The reviews complained about inadequate service under warranty... So I am very skeptical about it. How does the warranty hold up?
2) What are some other thin and light laptops you'd recommend similar to the LG Gram?
3 I'm going to invest in it to keep around for a long time. Without graphics card is it recommendable to a programmer/coder?
Hi,
1. Well i can say just this, how often do you ask the local mobile repair guy or for that matter any tech product repair technician for opinion before buying the stuff, you would rather watch some videos on youtube. so lets leave the poor technician out of the purchase loop.
make up your mind on the "WHY" for buying laptop and it should help you decide, if warranty and after sales is of utmost importance, go with dell and keep on extending warranty.
2. I cant suggest any alternatives to Gram, or else i would not have bought this machine for myself. although you can try Thinkpad carbon series or zenbook series but asus is a rip off since they are selling outdated technology.
3. frankly i am not a graphics fan since i love laptops with long battery backup.
regards.
@@chiradip24 I have to take local technicians opinion because LG service centres aren't available in my area. And if any hardware fails I won't have any backup. The 3 years warranty becomes useless to me.
Did you have any hardware issues, times where you had to repair it yourself (Since you seem very technically knowledgeable) or get it done elsewhere?
@@harioandluigi4569 My friend, if you see my video closely, where i am showing the motherboard and if you compare it to any other regular laptop motherboard or your own laptop motherboard, you will notice that there are no repairable or replaceable components other than the single ram and dual SSDs. reason being, to make these laptops light in weight and highly power efficient, all of the components and i mean "ALL" of the components are soldered on to the motherboard. in fact apart from the CPU even the wifi card is also soldered on the motherboard and so in future if anything goes wrong then user has only one option that is replace motherboard.
this holds true for all other manufacturers too, like Dell, Asus, MSI or Fujitsu.
one small advice, for authentic information with regards to any product, always refer to the authorized service only!
by the way, where are you based out of?
@@chiradip24 Chiradip This cleared so many of my doubts. Thanks alot for being patient with me. I'm based in Mumbai and after msging customer care and calling various LG service centres displayed on the website I got to know that they didn't have any technicians for laptops at all. But I got a callback saying they will send the technician home if any service requirements occur. That's when I breathed a sigh of relief. I had to drop the thought of getting the Gram but now I have my hopes up again. Geared with all the information from your videos and your patient replies I'm all set! Thankyou again!
@@harioandluigi4569 good to know, my suggestions helped.
just two important bits, try and go for the I7 version and whenever you can upgrade the ssd to Samsung NVME SSD 970 or 980. these two things will make your laptop super fast and long life.
It supports upto 32 GB of ram,please confirm.
I am not sure. LG recommends upto 16GB.
lg gram 14 at 54k i5 10th gen is recommendable now? in 2022 . is it vfm
Absolutely No... wait for Intel 12gen, its supposed to be a major upgrade since AMD is kicking intel's ass... 😃
I have bought this in the current sale but haven't recieved it yet, can cancel, usage wise needed good battery life and a laptop that can be used for next 4-5 years atleast. Any reason to not recommend it, please reply soon, need to know if i have made the right decision. Kindly tell your mail id or any other way to contact, have a few queries
Have bought the 14z90n
@@Kp-dl1st what are the specifications? and the price you bought it with the offers included
@@chiradip24Lg gram 14Z90N i5 10th gen 8gb 256gb price 57990, bought for 52990 with offers
great video..
I am confused between Asus Zenbook 14 and Lg gram.
I really liked the thin bezel screen of Asus but gram is killing it with its battery, weight and expandable option.
it will really help if you can help me decide.
Hi, good to know you liked my video. For the last almost 8years i was myself an asus die hard fan. But trust me the panel that LG has used in gram series is far more superior that any asus zenbook laptop.
In fact id you check on the net, about the best panels/screens, LG is always one of the best manufacturers. I would seriously recommend you to go and try out the screen quality at a store. You will love it.
@@chiradip24 thanks for the reply.
I surely will go and check out the displays of both if i could..
One more thing if u can tell me. How's the screen brightness of lg gram?
The brightness is very high. You can easily read in bright sunlight. But mind you, the screen is glossy screen and not Matt finish.
@@keshavgoel5 The display has a sRGB of 96 which is really good. So on display front it's super.
Really impressive
Thank you...
Upgrade each slot nvme 2tb..2slot 4tb....possible?
I have not tried so i can't confirm, but i don't see any reason why it should not work.
@@chiradip24 ok thank you so much for your reply🙏🙏🙏
@@andyong1224 as far as i know, laptops are not restricted like mobile phones on how much max storage they can support. in fact, all PC hardware sold in the market will confirm compatibility with respective OS.
@@chiradip24 ok got it....again thanks for your concerns 😍
Has anyone try to upgrade the battery to 80W hr?
I dont see reason to upgrade it to 80WHr battery, since LG covers the existing battery with 3 years warranty and more over 11% increase in battery capacity won't make much difference.
@@chiradip24 so the battery is running fine, I am surprised its been 4 years. But my chassis is bruised and beaten up. Man I've upgraded, NVME SSD and RAM! But where do I find the spare parts for the keyboard chassis?
@@RahulYadav-nk6wp No idea brother, check with LG service if they can help.
hi from chile i had to make a clean install and i need to downoad th control center specially to make changes of the touch screen.. can u help me
Did you delete the recovery partition? If you did, then you need to get in touch with LG customer care.
Unfortunately LG does not provide installation files
@@chiradip24 hi thanks for reply this is the problem. 1. I clone the sata oem ssd to a crucial 2280pci (from 500 MG /s to 2000 speed transfer. 2 I had issues when I start booting the pc the system doesn recognize the crucial hard drive so Itbgot stuck in the lg symbol (there was no circule charging symbol of win) I has happened twice
3 luckily I didn't erase the oem data drive of win
4 so today I said let install new crucial the win clean but I erase all the ssd and now I realize that lg doesn have the control center (specially for the touch control of the 14t990.)
As u ask I have the oem win of the sata hard rive, so maybe what should I do.
To clone again the sata win to the crucial ssd and then erase the win system leaving the recovery intact so after clean install of win recover the lg center? Slds
4.
@@Alejo519 what is the make of the OEM ssd?
@@chiradip24 don't know, but I solve it.... I copy paste the files on the lg software (where it's the CO trol, update etc) from the oem to the crucial windows 86 system folder and it work I coul turn on center. Thanks man for everything. Pd. It's insane that lg who give u changlce to upgrade the sad ram etc don't have link to upload its own software. Customer care sucks...
@@Alejo519 Great! Just a quick question, are really finding any difference between the performance with Crucial ssd and the oem one?
Hi, need some help. Is the model selling now at Amazon has the same upgradability (RAM and SSD)
I'm also torn between this, XPS 13 and Zenbook.
Absolutely YES. check on the LG India website. In fact these upgrade options are what make this laptop so attractive.
Frankly, I liked the Dell XPS 13 but the 13 inch screen is too small to work for long duration and the worst part is no upgrade options and interestingly who buys a 80-90K laptop with mere 8GB ram?
WIth regards to Asus, i am myself a die-hard asus fan but somehow i didn't understand why are they deceiving Indian customers by selling a premium laptop with older version/generation ram?
You will love the LG display... its awesome...(But mind you, its glossy!!)
@@chiradip24 Thanks a lot! Will buy today/ tomorrow. Yes, the non upgradable 8GB RAM in XPS is a real bummer.
8 is probably just about ok for my purpose for now ( Ableton live, Kontakt etc.) but surely will feel low after a year, and it's really expensive.
I'm actually coming back to Windows from Mac after almost 10 years and kind of scared.
@@Forwhomthebelltolls24 Good to know, buddy. If you can then do buy the 15 inch version, you will appreciate the extra screen and that too not at the cost of added weight like Dell.
please do a an unboxing video on the laptop. i am really interested in knowing what the new charger looks like. reason being, i believe LG has upgraded the 2019 model with a compact charger.
@@chiradip24 Sure, will try, never made a TH-cam video
@@chiradip24 Chiradip Recently I bought the new Lg gram 15Z990 (Intel i5 8265U) from Amazon. It's awesome in looking, very feather like feeling when holding it, full sized keyboard (includes number keys) with backlighting, nice bezelles display. I have never hear the fan noise it's so quite. Laptop gets warm little for first time when Windows setups but never afterwards. I have tested some MATLAB programming and it's blazing fast when power mode change from power saving to best/better mode. Power brick is contemporary type but not as heavy as old gen.
I'm planning to upgrade RAM and SSD. Totally confused with Samsung Evo plus NVMe 512/1TB or other brands like crucial, A DATA, WD, Intel 660p SSD. Brother, do you have any suggestions? I saw in one of the lg gram review video that the crucial ssd getting warm easily, what about your experience?
Thanks for your time and efforts you put here to explain all these details. One question, so how is the performance of this laptop till now after you upgraded ram and memory. I'm going to buy the 2019 model of this laptop.
The performance is just awesome. The 2019 model is a BOMB, in fact i wanted the thunderbolt support and finger print sensor but last year, this variant was not available in India Although the US version had it. But none the less, the laptop is a work horse. Let me specific, "This is not a gaming laptop".
And the best part is only in India LG is providing 3years warranty. In fact you can check neither in US nor Korea has it
@@chiradip24 Thank you Chiradip, I think I'm good to buy this cause I'm not a gaming person but I do some freelance software projects and that involves some software IDEs installs etc. Thanks again
@@ItsMeUrsFa-pw7yj Good to know. just a small added suggestion, since we are already in September and Diwali is around the corner, i would suggest you to wait a few days if you can, in case this buy is not a very urgent one, reason being i bought it from Amazon and last year there was an awesome cash back from ICICI bank of Rs8000 on higher value purchases. and so i got the complete 8000 rupees off from the net cost. i am sure similar deals from all major banks like HDFC, SBI,ICICI would be there this year too.
just a couple of weeks wait and you could save a lot of money. in fact the way i saw it was, that this cash back help me buy a 1TB SSD. :-))
@@chiradip24 Thanks a lot my dear brother, although I have a desperate need to buy lapi I do wait for such offers and sale ahead as you said. That also saves me to buy 1TB ssd as you did and it's a smart idea too.
@@chiradip24 First of all, thanks for the great information! As of today, in amazon it shows Thunderbolt 3 support although the top review mentions there is none. So is it still 2018 version on amazon india? LG India mentions "*Thunderbolt™ 3 may or may not be supported according to SKU". Confused!
It has finger scanner?
Mine didn't. but i believe the 2019 version has.
They upgraded the 14z995 model and it has a fingerprint sensor.
I bought this laptop from Amazon last week. Yes it does have fingerprint sensor on power switch. It's very fast and even it doesn't need to scan finger after booting up if you used your configured finger for putting ON, it directly goes to desktop
@@NASEEFMUHAMMEDT good to know. can you put up a video of the charger, because i believe LG has upgraded to a very compact charger.
Such a detailed review of the laptop. I could see that you are the only one from India doing such a detailed review of this laptop. No other youtuber is preferring this laptop. Now that you have used this laptop for a good number of months, may you kindly confirm how is your overall experience? Like thermals and fan noise while working on normal conditions?
Thanks for taking time and making the video, I am sure it shall excite many a mind to go for this laptop purely from the point of view of upgradation options available with this model. It is selling on Amazon at around 69K and is a tight competition with Acer Swift 5 selling at 70K. Any thoughts on this competition?
Hi, thanks for your kind words and detailed feedback.
1. My reason for choosing gram vs other youtubers, i travel a lot and i needed the a powerful machine with awesome battery and light weight. since 2017, i was eyeing Asus zenbook since it was the only option which was like Macbook air and ran windows, but & there is a big "BUT". Asus and acer both have very average Screen quality and extremely poor battery performance. Gram takes both these requirements to the next level as LG is pioneer in LED/OLED panels and they were manufacturing batteries for Apple and samsung.
Its been almost 2years with my laptop and the battery still gives me good about 8-10 hours of backup and interesting LG has implemented a smart features which charges the battery till 80% and keep the floating charge on, this implementation enhances the battery life, which no other vendor is doing. And the battery has its source from Japan (printed on the battery).
Lg has used their best panel for Gram series and it is kind of like the Samsung's Super Amoled display, i hope you can understand what i am saying.
TH-camrs don't prefer laptops which do not have graphics card since they have to do a lot of video rendering and i, simply didn't want a laptop with graphics card, since its just an added expense and unnecessary power guzzler for me and i am not a gamer.
2. Now about thermals, yes this laptop runs slightly warm because of avg Indian temperature and intel's screw-up in rushed implementation of 8th Gen quad core cpu for laptops since they are already under a lot of fire because of AMD ryzen ( you can google this!). but the machine has dynamics throttle to control heat and the fan is super quiet. I have been running 3 external monitors on this machine since day 1, that is whenever i am not traveling and it handles it without any stutter.
3. Display. Acer is known for making very dim displays with poor PWM, as in if you are outdoors you will have difficulty in reading, you can check on youtube on your acer model's max screen brightness vs Gram.
4. And the one of the final deal breakers (hopefully for you..), LG comes with 3years warranty including accessories. if you are like me, in 3 years time you would be looking for the next upgrade laptop.
5. Price wise, what you are seeing the gram at 68K is a heavy discounted price of this laptop since the MRP is 1,25,000.00. This is Gram series is like the extremely premium range of LG, somewhat like XPS series of Dell. LG has priced it competitively only for entering India market.
6. I am in process of making some short videos about this laptop on performance feedback after using it for almost 2years. since most of the reviewers do just a 7-15 days usage review which i think is not enough for getting a true picture.
Cheers!!
Chiradip Thank you for such a detailed explanation. Your explanation I am sure will help many a mind to choose this laptop over others. Looking into upgradability this is one of the best option available in the market I’m sure thank you once again. Would wait eagerly for your other videos. Take care