Toshiba sells wide-angle LED light bulb, unit price is about 500 yuan

Recently, Toshiba has released two new "E-CORE" LED light bulbs. Unlike traditional LED bulbs, these two new products have a new T-shaped appearance that allows for greater exposure angles.

The brightness of this LED bulb is equivalent to a 40W incandescent bulb (600 lumens for daylight products and 485 lumens for incandescent bulbs), but its rated power consumption is only 7.4W, which is quite economical.

Toshiba plans to use this shape of product to replace the past cylindrical fluorescent bulbs. This new product has a wide range of uses, such as downlights that can be installed horizontally in the lamp holder, and lighting fixtures such as wall lamps and chandeliers that require the overall brightness of the lamp. In addition, it can be used for sealed appliances such as bathroom lights. However, it cannot be used for instruments and circuits with dimming function.

Both products will begin sales on February 10, 2012. For the suggested retail price (including tax), the incandescent lamp (model: LDT7L-G) and daylight (model: LDT7N-G) are both 5,670 yen (about 470 yuan). It weighs 125g and has a rated life of 40,000 hours. The sales target is a total of 240,000 products per year.