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1 week ago | 
esquiresg.com | Wayne Cheong
While it'd appears that there's a ceiling to what AI can do, it's not stopping Chinese electronics company Honor. Its new 400 series looks like it could all the things that a smartphone can, utilise AI in interesting and unique ways with the camera system and yet, maintain a price tag that's kind towards your wallet. At the heart of the HONOR 400 Series is its 200MP Super Sensing Main Camera.
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1 week ago | 
esquiresg.com | Wayne Cheong
When it comes to Japanese icons, “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” is almost as ubiquitous as Hello Kitty. You’d find the image of the cresting storm-tossed sea on T-shirts, totes and on posters usually hung in some Japanophile’s room. Some might think that “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”—a woodblock print by Hokusai—is the encapsulation of the Japanese art form, ukiyo-e (“picture[s] of a floating world”). But that’s so far from the truth.
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2 weeks ago | 
esquiresg.com | Wayne Cheong
Apple's annual software developer hoedown returns 9 June (that'll be our 10 June). From 9–13 June, the Cupertino giant will unite the global congregation of code whisperers, design obsessives, and Swift romantics at the hallowed grounds of Apple Park. It starts with the Keynote (9 June, 10am PDT / 10 June, 1am SGT), where Tim Cook and company will walk us through the next era of Apple’s platforms. You can stream it here, through Apple TV app, or YouTube.
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2 weeks ago | 
esquiresg.com | Wayne Cheong
Tech specs. Titanium. Bone conduction. Bluetooth 5.3. Those sound like features of a stealth drone but they belong to something more pedestrian: the OWNDAYS × HUAWEI Eyewear 2 now in titanium. It won't carpet-bomb your eyes out but it helps with it being an ocular aid while beaming sweet tunes into your skull.
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2 weeks ago | 
esquiresg.com | Ed Caesar |Wayne Cheong
Riding a bike up a steep hill, lightly hungover, my heart attempting to leave my chest, wondering where the nearest hospital was, I found myself with reason to curse the famous disc jockey Pete Tong. This was all his idea. To explain, I bumped into Pete Tong in a nightclub last year.
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2 weeks ago | 
esquiresg.com | Wayne Cheong
This opening is just the tip of a push for Hilton as it aims for a new era of hospitality in Asia. At its recent (and first-ever) hospitality brand showcase in Bengaluru, the hotel giant announced a two-fold increase in its presence in India over the next five years. The showcase featured 10 brands from the brand's portfolio through interactive zones and live experiences.
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3 weeks ago | 
esquiresg.com | Wayne Cheong
What if your next smartphone didn’t feel like one? What if instead of the usual blocky feel in your pocket, it felt like a featherweight sculpture? Samsung’s new Galaxy S25 Edge is exactly that: a sleek, titanium-crafted slice of precision measuring just 5.8mm thin. Let's unpack that: that's, like, as thin as the breadth of the average fettuccini strand; thinner than my patience when someone at a tasting took 15 minutes to shoot the dish... Y'know, fOr ThE 'gRaM. Sorry. Where were we? Oh, yeah.
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1 month ago | 
esquiresg.com | Wayne Cheong
Zach Cregger—he, of comedy group, The Whitest Kids U'Know—cast his lot into the horror genre with Barbarian in 2022. After the financial and critical success of that film, Cregger followed that with a spec script, Weapons, which prompted a bidding war among several movie studios. Two years later under a veil of secrecy, we finally have a trailer for Weapons. The premise: All but one child in a class at an elementary school disappeared on the same night.
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1 month ago | 
esquiresg.com | Wayne Cheong
Cartier continues the theme of magic at this year's Watches and Wonders in Geneva. Conjuring up a bevvy of novelties that range from Panthère de Cartiers to Tanks, the Maison pulls back the curtain, not to reveal timepieces, but rather a performance on what they could do with some metal (precious and otherwise) and a history of watchmaking knowledge. We begin with the Panther “Toi & Moi” bangle from the Panthère de Cartier line. This blurs the boundary between sculpture and jewellery.
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1 month ago | 
esquiresg.com | Wayne Cheong
Some anniversaries call for fireworks. For Vacheron Constantin, it is through years of workmanship reflected in their watches; at 270 years old, there's still plenty of tricks left in this old dog. Celebrating this extraordinary milestone, the world’s oldest watch Maison unveils eight limited editions from its Traditionelle and Patrimony collections at this year's Watches and Wonders. Each of these watches are limited and are individually numbered on their casebacks.
