Are smart table lamps worth it over a regular lamp with a smart bulb?

For warm white-only use, a smart bulb in a regular lamp is cheaper. Smart table lamps make sense when you want RGB/RGBIC color, music sync, scene modes, or a specific decorative form factor (uplight, gradient tube, cordless puck) that a standard A19 bulb can't replicate. Across the reviewers we read, the Hue Iris and Govee Table Lamp 2 are the most-cited examples of designs you genuinely can't replicate with a bulb-in-lamp setup.