U.S. LED bulb renewed price war

All along, the high price makes a lot of willingness to have energy-saving LED bulbs prohibitive for American consumers. Now with the industry giants have to relent on the price situation will gradually get better, but it also means that the U.S. market LED bulb price war broke out again.

U.S. LED bulb renewed price war

American Career company on Wednesday introduced a price of $ 19.97, equivalent to 100W LED bulbs new products. The brightness is a lot of choice for home lighting, so this kind of light bulbs have always been the focus of market attention.

Cree is the last year before entering the consumer market, a small number of LED bulbs LED chip leader. Just one year, the price of the company through the sale of bulbs HomeDepot products fell by 23%. For example, which is equivalent to a 60W LED bulbs, the price fell from $ 12.97 to $ 9.97. “We want the price to become more close to the people.” Cree senior director of marketing and product applications MikeWatson said.

At the same time, another giant Philips lighting market is also eager. Monday Philips released a price of $ 9.97 is equivalent to 60W LED bulbs. Otherwise equivalent to 100W bulb price $ 24.97. Philips said that all bulbs are issued by the U.S. government’s Energy Star certification, buyers can therefore get a rebate.