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History[edit | edit source]

The Huawei Tron was announced in January 2014,[1] coincidentally immediately following the removal of the ban of gaming consoles in China.[2] The system was demonstrated at CES 2014, and was said to have a price point of around $120.[3] However, the console was never released, and is assumed to be vaporware.[4]

Misinformation about the console was common, with many suggesting the console played PS3, Nintendo DS, and PC games.[5][3]

Technology[edit | edit source]

Early demonstration units were based on a NVIDIA Tegra 4 SOC, though the NVIDIA K1 was considered.[2][6] The system had 2 gigabytes of RAM.[5] The system had either 16 or 32 gigabytes of storage space.[5][7] This storage could be expanded with a MicroSD card slot, located on the bottom of the unit.[8]

The system ran Android 4.2.3.[8][6]

The console had a USB 3.0 port. The Tron had also had radios for Wi-Fi ac and Bluetooth 3.0.[7]

The console drew 12 volts of DC power at 2 amps.[8]

The console had a uniquely styled circular motif,[8] including a circular touchpad on the controller.[7] Planned case colors included white and black.[8]

A model number of TRON MediaQ 560 was assigned to the device.[8]

Games[edit | edit source]

  • Dead Trigger 2[7]
  • Red Blade[9]

References[edit | edit source]

Wikipedia has related information at Huawei

  1. ↑ "China's TCL throws hat into nation's emerging console gaming market" (in en). PCWorld. 28 January 2014. https://www.pcworld.com/article/2091980/chinas-tcl-throws-hat-into-nations-emerging-console-gaming-market.html. 
  2. ↑ a b Osawa, Juro (13 January 2014). "Huawei Pushes into Living Room With Game Console". Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-31962. 
  3. ↑ a b "Huawei Unveils Android-Based Tron Game Console" (in en). PCMAG. https://www.pcmag.com/news/huawei-unveils-android-based-tron-game-console. 
  4. ↑ "List of microconsoles". Wikipedia. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ↑ a b c "Can Huawei's Android Console Play PS3 Games? Chinese Media Think So" (in en-us). Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/can-huaweis-android-console-play-ps3-games-chinese-me-1500072093. 
  6. ↑ a b "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. https://www.techinasia.com/first-chinese-game-console-huawei-tron. 
  7. ↑ a b c d "Huawei’s Tron Android gaming console, hands-on with China’s answer to Ouya". SlashGear. 8 January 2014. https://www.slashgear.com/huaweis-tron-android-gaming-console-hands-on-with-chinas-answer-to-ouya-08312429/. 
  8. ↑ a b c d e f McEntegart, Jane (January 13, 2014). "Huawei Tron: Hands-on With a Tegra 4 Android Console" (in en). Tom's Hardware. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/huawei-tron-console,25720.html. 
  9. ↑ Savov, Vlad (8 January 2014). "Huawei's Tron console will let you kill Android zombies on the cheap" (in en). The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/8/5288576/huaweis-tron-android-console-hands-on. 


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