If the smaller screens of current handheld devices leave you wanting more, Tencent has a treat cooked up for you. According to Videocardz, Tencent has just unveiled their latest offering for portable gaming aficionados—the Sunday Dragon 3D One. While it carries the tag of a handheld, this device is more like a portable console with an 11-inch display dominating its design, making for a truly immersive gaming experience—provided your hands can manage it!
Under the hood, the 3D One is powered by an Intel Lunar Lake processor. This powerhouse features the Core Ultra 7 258V, boasting four performance cores dubbed Lion Cove and four efficiency cores called Skymont. It also packs an Arc 140V integrated GPU housing eight Xe2 cores. From our extensive testing, Intel’s Lunar Lake processors have impressively caught up to AMD’s Strix Point in gaming performance. With 32GB of LPDDR5X-8533 RAM, the device handles modern tasks with ease, although the memory is soldered onto the chip and can’t be upgraded. There’s also a “high-speed” 1TB SSD, which you can swap out if you’re looking for more storage or faster speeds.
Interestingly, should it hit the shelves this year, the 3D One could well be the first Lunar Lake handheld to do so, given that MSI’s Claw 8 AI+ is on track for a 2025 release. However, manage your expectations as Videocardz indicates it’s still at the prototype stage for now. Featuring an 11-inch screen that boasts a 2560×1440 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, it could stand in as a makeshift laptop. On the other hand, GPD is rolling out its Pocket 4 mini-laptops with much smaller 8.8-inch displays. Tencent has integrated real-time eye-tracking capabilities for a glasses-free 3D experience, aiming to make titles like Path of Exile, Blade & Soul, and Arena Breakout: Infinite optimized for this tech.
The device also comes with controllers sporting Hall Effect joysticks, linear triggers, and customizable buttons tucked at the back. They’re detachable, so you can switch them out for third-party controllers, as long as you ensure compatibility with the 3D One’s unique size. Fast charging is supported up to 100W, though exact battery specs remain under wraps.
When it comes to design, the 3D One sports a look that’s anything but conventional. It defies the ergonomic principles you’d expect from a handheld that is meant for extended play sessions. Smaller screens fail to capture the expansive and detailed environments of modern games, and the 3D One seems to intend taking on that challenge. Currently in its prototype phase, it may very well face supply limitations, both geographically and due to its specialized market appeal.
