A few days ago, Samsung released The Freestyle Samsung's smart projector in China, which attracted attention. According to media reports, this machine is very "sought-after".
According to reports, on April 7, Samsung's portable projector product The Freestyle Samsung Companion Smart Projector was officially launched in the Chinese market, and it was sold out in just 20 minutes after the launch of the Samsung online mall. After an emergency replenishment, the second round of rush sales was also sold out in the early morning of the next day.
Some media reports said that this product has just been released and listed to open the appointment to create a stunning record, in Jingdong more than 10,000 people to make an appointment, resulting in Jingdong directly under the product urgent explanation: the number of reservations exceeded the number of Jingdong's initial inventory, inventory emergency.
In terms of the above information, this machine can be called a "hit". So, how strong is the Samsung smart projector? Judging from the public information, it seems that it has not yet reached the level of "explosive models".
First, The Freestyle Samsung with smart projectors, "portable" is the main feature, but is it really "portable"?
Nail Technology noted that Samsung's smart projector can only be connected to a power source at present, and does not have a built-in battery. In addition, Samsung's Companion Smart Projector is compatible with external power supplies and will come with a USB Type-C charging cable, but external power banks need to be purchased separately.
This means that the so-called "portable use" has a premise, that is, there must be a fixed power supply to connect. As for the external charging treasure, one is to buy separately, which will increase the cost; the second is to bring more than one charging treasure, and the portability will be much worse; the third is that the charging treasure capacity is generally not very large, and there will be endurance anxiety.
In fact, domestic head projection brands have also launched many portable projection products, but compared with Samsung's smart projectors, portability is better. For example, the Jimi Play Super Yue Edition, which has a built-in 12400 mAh super capacity battery, allows users to really lose the charging cable and have a more free use scenario.
The following comparisons, "Nail Technology" will also take the product of Jimi as a comparison object, after all, Jimi is a domestic projection brother, and the comparison with Jimi is relatively fair for international manufacturers such as Samsung.
Second, The Freestyle Samsung with the smart projector, the official website shows that the brightness index is: 230 ANSI lumens (peak), 550 LED lumens (peak), but this level is not high, and there is a certain "misleading" in the publicity.
When consulting brightness indicators, the customer service of Samsung Projection Jingdong flagship store only provided information on the peak brightness of 550 LED lumens to Nail Technology, and did not mention 230 ANSI lumens (peak). When consulting the manual customer service of Samsung's official website, "Nail Technology" was told that "LED is the light source" after many rounds of questioning, and it has always been emphasized that 550 LED lumens are brightness or peak brightness.
Nail Technology found that not all projection brands will label LED lumen indicators. The so-called LED lumens are generally considered to be "light source brightness". It is determined by the light output of the projector, which means that the laser, lamp or LED in the projector can provide the projector with the most original level of luminous brightness. However, at present, there is no unified standard and regulation for manufacturers in the world.
ANSI lumens refer to the main technical indicators of the projector, "light out" is usually expressed in luminous flux, luminous flux is to describe the ability of light source radiation per unit time to produce visual response, the unit is lumens. It is a technical standard developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), which is currently highly recognized internationally and is generally accepted by the public.
Therefore, if the manufacturer only mentions or only emphasizes the brightness of the light source, there will be "information error" for consumers, because THESI lumens are more important indicators that should be explained and highlighted.
As far as Samsung's projection is concerned, compared with other head brands of more than 2000 yuan of projectors, the peak 230 ANSI lumens are not high. For example, the brightness of the Jimi Play Super Yue Edition reaches 300 ANSI lumens, but the price is less than 3000 yuan.
First, indicators such as storage and light source life are not dominant.
On the official website of Samsung, "Nail Technology" did not query the storage indicators, and after consulting the customer service of the Samsung Projection Jingdong flagship store, it was learned that the storage capacity of the Samsung companion intelligent projector was only 1.5 + 8G. The storage capacity of Jimi Play Super Joy Edition is 2+16G.
In addition, the official website shows that the service life of the Samsung smart projector light source is 20,000hrs, while the Jimi Play Super Yue Edition is nominally called 30,000hrs.
As for the capabilities of 1080P, automatic keystone correction, HDR, etc., the Jimi Play Super Yue Edition and the Samsung Companion Smart Projector are all available.
The final problem is that in the case that the core indicators are not dominant, and even many indicators are inferior, the price of the Samsung Companion Smart Projector is as high as 5999 yuan, which is 3100 yuan higher than the price of the Jimi Play Super Yue Edition of 2899 yuan, and it is difficult to understand where such a pricing logic is.
Is it because it is an international manufacturer "Samsung"? (Nail Technology original, please be sure to indicate the source of "Nail Technology")