LG Gram SuperSlim (2023) review: 990 gram laptop with long battery life and OLED display

With the Gram SuperSlim, LG introduces a very light (990 g, ~2.18 lb) and slim (≤ 12.55 mm, 0.49 in) laptop. In combination with an excellent realistic battery life of 12 to 15 hours, this results in an extremely mobile laptop.

With the Gram SuperSlim, LG delivers a light and mobile work device but is also asking for a hefty price: for less than a kilogram of laptop, you have to pay 1,600 Euros (~$1,763).

The slim build also results in some compromises, and in addition to the 3.5-mm audio port, the laptop solely offers USB-C ports (2x Thunderbolt 4, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2). This means that without a docking solution or corresponding adapter, you cannot use many external devices such as a monitor, for example.

The combination of Core i7-1360P and 16 GB of RAM (LPDDR5, onboard) is able to handle office and Internet applications without any trouble. While it can counter short load peaks with a lot of performance, it isn’t designed for a constant high performance. The emissions are okay to a large extent, but the laptop could have been a bit quieter under full load.

The OLED display (1,920 x 1,080 pixels, 15.6 in) scores with a high brightness, excellent contrast, short response times, and a very good color space coverage. For example, the DCI-P3 color space is covered completely.

An alternative might be the Acer Swift Edge SFE16-42, which offers a significantly higher computing performance than the Gram but remains clearly behind in terms of the battery life. In addition, the Swift also weighs about 200 grams (~0.44 lb) more.