The likes of PHILPS? LIFX smart LED bulb to price to win

Tencent digital news, emerging market situation of smart bulbs is becoming increasingly fierce, many manufacturers have poured into new. Recently, Holland lighting giant PHILPS announced the launch of the Hue Go - its iconic Hue can be connected to the portable version of the LED bulb. The Australian smart lighting start-up company LIFX also unwilling to lag behind, launched its new products.

As early as 2012, LIFX had launched a groundbreaking product - support Wi-Fi and can change the color of the LED bulb. Now, it has finally launched a product can only emit white light. This is called LIFX White 800 product price of $40 (about 245 yuan), the company's products are the cheapest one. The product's support for Wi-Fi means that it can work without central control.

Previously, PHILPS has just announced a reduction of its products Hue Lux price to $20 (about 123 yuan) a. Lux can only send white light, support ZigBee connection, but must be controlled by Hue Bridge to work. At present, the two bulbs plus a controlled set price of $80 (about 490 yuan).

Hue Lux is obviously cheaper, a lot more savings to buy more. But Hue Lux is the best choice? Not necessarily!

In terms of specifications, White 800 has some advantages: 890 lumens (equivalent to 60W incandescent lamp), which is more than Lux brightness of more than 140 lumens. In addition, the company claimed that White 800 has the option to choose between a warm light source and a cold light source, is the first in the entry-level products to support the function of the bulb. The product specification list indicates that the lamp's color temperature is between 2700 and 6500K.

For those who want to try to home automation, but feel that most of the home networking equipment is particularly expensive, White 800 is particularly attractive.

Moreover, due to the position of the bulb in people's daily life, it is a good start for the majority of people to use it as the first device in the smart home.

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