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Smart Lights to Upgrade for the Festive Season: Here’s Why You Should Buy Them

Sean — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:05:34 +0000

While one of India’s biggest festivals just went by, the festive season isn’t close to the end. With Christmas and New Year’s coming up, festive décor is still all the rage, and smart lighting has become one of the most effective ways to refresh your home ambience. These appliances are practical, energy-efficient and increasingly integrated with voice assistants or smart home ecosystems. So here’s everything you should know about them.

Qubo Smart Bulb

What to Look for Before You Buy Smart Lights

In the Indian market, choosing the right smart lights involves more than just picking a brand and colour. First, check for compatibility with your existing voice assistant, like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. Seamless integration makes it easy to control lights by voice or schedule. Many Indian smart lighting brands now offer voice control and scheduling features.

You should also look for connectivity options (Wi-Fi vs Bluetooth) and whether the bulb requires a hub. Some brands like Philips Hue expect you to add a bridge, while others are “plug-and-play”. Versatility is another big aspect to consider, like color hues, brightness levels, and app features like scene creation or sync with music make a big difference during celebrations.

Top Smart Light Picks for India

Philips Wiz 9 W Wi‑Fi Smart LED Bulb: A strong premium choice, backed by Philips’ brand reliability and app + voice-assistant support. Great for living rooms where quality and ecosystem stability matter.
Mi Smart LED Colour Bulb B22: A value brand offering full-colour capability, decent brightness and minimal setup. Ideal if you want an easy upgrade without huge spend.
Wipro Garnet 9 W Smart LED Bulb: An India-based brand focussing on affordability and practicality. Good for rooms where you want smart control without premium pricing.
Qubo Smart Bulb 12 W E27 LED: A mid-tier option with slightly higher wattage, decent app control and decent colour options. For users who want a step up in brightness.
Orismart WiFi 16‑Million Colours LED Bulb: A strong “value colour” choice that is ideal for accent lighting, decorative setups, or places where you want the festive light-effect more than maximum brightness.

How These Fit the Festive Season

During festivals, homes often shift from ordinary lighting to decorative and mood lighting. Smart bulbs give you flexibility, create warm white scenes for dinner, bright white for cleaning/organising, or vibrant colour scenes for celebration. Many apps allow scheduling so lights can auto-dim or shift tones as evening begins. We already covered the Diwali tech essentials a while back, and these options are also great for upcoming festivals like Christmas. The end of the year usually also brings family time and big dinners, which can be further enhanced with the right lighting.

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Samsung beats Xiaomi & Realme during India Festive sale, sells over 3 million phones

Sean — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 08:46:26 +0000

A new report has revealed that the festive season sales have been quite successful for smartphone makers in India and Samsung took the lead, beating out its competition with million of units of handsets sold.

The news arrives from a Strategy Analytics report, which claimed that the South Korean tech giant accounted for 26 percent of all sales during the festive season. This period ranged from 23rd to the 30th of September 2022. During this time, Samsung sold more than 3.3 million smartphones. The report stated that its premium smartphone models like the Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy S22 Plus, Galaxy, and Z Flip 3 saw robust sales thanks to aggressive pricing and discounts.

Similarly, even its mid range handsets were quite popular, especially the Galaxy F13 and the Galaxy M13 that were heavily discounted during this sales period. On the other hand, Chinese smartphone brands like Xiaomi and Realme rounded up the top 3 rankings with 2.5 million and 2.2 million units shipped during the festive sales, accounting for 20 percent and 17 percent market share respectively. In other words, we can see that Samsung took a commanding lead over its competition.

Despite the iPhone 13 and older iPhone models seeing heavy discounts as well, Apple did not make the top 3 list. While the smartphone makers saw great sales overall, the market during the festive season sale period in 2022 saw a 2 percent fall when compared to the same period last year. However, while the sales figure saw slightly lower, the ASP (Average Selling Price) was higher this time around. This meant that the revenue growth offset the volume decline.

Smartphones could become cheaper this festive season as brands seek to clear up inventories

Viraj Gawde — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:04:37 +0000

Smartphones are expected to become cheaper this upcoming festive season. Buyers can expect steep discounts and multiple sales and offers across both online and offline channels. The festive season usually starts in mid-August and continues till the end of the year.

Market monitors and retailers say that brands aim to liquidate the excess inventories caused by the sluggish demands globally and the rise in inflation. OEMs will seek to control the demand through the upcoming festive season to mitigate the revenue impact of the weak first half of the year. With the introduction of new phones, there is an oversupply of existing models. Brands will look to clear up the bulk inventory by deep discounting during the festive season.

Economic Times India spoke with offline retailers who confirmed that there is an inventory build-up and brands have increased margins to offline retailers allowing them to offer discounts on products. Chinese smartphone brands have accumulated their inventories in the domestic market as they are struggling to sell across Europe. Samsung, the second largest smartphone brand in India is reportedly struck with 50 million units in distribution stocks globally.

The first half of the year saw a flattened growth in the smartphone market due to low demand caused by high inflation and increasing average selling prices. Thus brands are hoping for a bounce-back in the second half of this year and it is expected to garner 58 percent of the total 181 million shipments forecast for the year.