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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2010, 08:24:45 pm »
Umm, the 89 is way more powerful than the 84+ no matter how I see it. Better Screen rez, better processor, more RAM and Flash. I don't see any redeeming qualities for powerful.

TI could sell them both for under $70 though :P such old tech.

And Nspires are still available from the US site.
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2010, 08:27:59 pm »
My thoughts:

TI's probably thinking that since not that many people know about the upcoming Casio Prizm, they might as well make a huge price jump to get what they can before they need to lower it so much. The Clickpad's probably gone forever. Not sure about the 89T, but it doesn't look good, especially considering the fact that sales have dropped a lot for the 68Ks.
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2010, 08:45:15 pm »
The TI-89 Titanium has been $149.99 for as long as I can remember. The price of the TI-83+ family seems to have been increased for some reason.
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2010, 10:22:47 pm »
Maybe the 83+ series is sold more nowadays so they increased prices, and the 89T isn't as popular and they dropped the prices to reduce their supply a bit. I remember a few years ago, the Nspire retailled at $159.99 over here, cheaper than a 84+SE, even with a 84+SE keypad included.

If the higher prices are just because TI sells stuff higher on their site, then it might not be something good for the 73 and 89T.
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2010, 10:29:00 pm »
Clickpad is still available in the spare parts section, it's been gone as a calc for a while.
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2010, 10:30:40 pm »
it's really only a matter of time before thats gone too.  :'(
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2010, 10:40:41 pm »
Should we care that much, though? once ndless 2 comes out, I see little reason to be attached to it. Heck, removable keypads means we could make our own! :P
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2010, 10:42:28 pm »
Quote from: yunhua98 on November 07, 2010, 10:30:40 pm
it's really only a matter of time before thats gone too.  :'(

What would that leave? A keyless Nspire? :P

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on November 07, 2010, 10:22:47 pm
I remember a few years ago, the Nspire retailled at $159.99 over here, cheaper than a 84+SE, even with a 84+SE keypad included.

Wow...
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #23 on: November 07, 2010, 10:43:21 pm »
But it's probably more accurate to what the average user will get out of it, what with OS 2.53 and all :P
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2010, 10:45:00 pm »
That is odd. My initial theory was people will go "hey look! The Nspire is as cheap as the 84 se, so why not get the nspire?" but then again, TI would want to get rid of their z80 stock now.
Quote from: willrandship on November 07, 2010, 10:40:41 pm
Should we care that much, though? once ndless 2 comes out, I see little reason to be attached to it. Heck, removable keypads means we could make our own! :P
Good idea! We could make one for playing games ;)
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #25 on: November 08, 2010, 01:09:03 pm »
Lol maybe OTcalc could become OTpad or something: a 3rd-party keypad for the TI-Nspire. But then, I am sure TI would change the hardware to not support the new keypad anymore. If we're gonna do a 3rd party calc/tool, we might as well create a new calc. :P
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #26 on: November 08, 2010, 04:20:54 pm »
What is could possess them to use those prices?

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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2010, 04:25:21 pm »
That is a crazy price for both the 83+ and the 84+. Both of those should be at least $20 cheaper.

But that's what happens when you control the graphing calculator industry.

Go Casio Prizm! :)
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #28 on: November 08, 2010, 06:20:50 pm »
The reason TI is jacking up the price of the 83's and 84's is because they want their new product, the Nspire, to sell more. By increasing the price of 83's and 84's, they are effectively trying to force people to buy Nspires by making the old and less capable models unreasonably expensive in comparison. By then having more sales of the Nspire, TI hopes to spread its influence and eventually have it replace 83's and 84's. At this point, when Nspires become the new standard for graphing calculators bought by every new high school student, they could even decide to increase the price more and get away with it.
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Re: Calc prices on TI website... something wrong?
« Reply #29 on: November 08, 2010, 10:51:38 pm »
I hope the Casio Prizm will be popular enough to affect TI sales, so prices go down.
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