Texas Instruments TI84PLSCEBLUBRY Graphing Calculator
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "I've had this calculator for over 2 years now. It's served me faithfully all that time, and software and programs work flawlessly. It does what it's meant to do. No problem there. However, I'm ignoring the elephant in the room, the price. I bought the calculator for over $110 2 years ago, and the price hasn't really changed since. A Barclays analyst estimated it cost TI between $15-$20 to manufacture a TI-84+, but it's sold on Amazon for quadruple as much. Amazon itself sells a full-fledged tablet for fifty bucks, which often goes on sale for $40. The TI-84+CE comes with a 0.08 MP screen, a 15 MHz processor, 3 MB of storage, and 154 KB of memory. On the other hand, Amazon's basic fire tablet has a 0.5 MP screen (6X more), a 1.3 GHz processor (85X more), 8 GB of storage (2500X more), and 1 GB of RAM (6000X more). The Fire Tablet also includes Bluetooth, WiFi, cameras and the like. All for less than half the price. By no means is the Amazon Fire Tablet the best tablet out there; it is just a cheap tablet made by a reputable brand whose specs leave the TI-84+CE miles behind. TI gets away with this highway robbery because its calculators are standardized, and classes are much easier to teach when all the students have the same (or similar) calculator. In that sense, TI has a monopoly on graphing calculators and gets to charge what it wants. So, in the end, my calculator works. However, I slashed two stars because I bought cheap tech that is way overpriced. Not worth the money at all, but I didn't really have a choice. TI is the accepted brand."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I love this product so much that I named her Tiffany. Trust me when I tell you that I didn't name any of the calculators I bought before Tiffany- and that's just about every cheaper calculator you can imagine. If it were not for Tiffany, I would not have made an A in my pre-stats AND stats classes. Obviously I had to put the work in and do my homework, but with the color screen and her pretty, sleek design- I suspect I enjoyed doing my homework more than my classmates did. Although Tiffany came with a fairly comprehensive instruction manual I found the best instructions via a lot of YouTube googling, and I would suggest other buyers to do the same. Also, don't forget the charger at home! This calculator does everything and the battery lasts a long time... but when it's donezo it's donezo, so bring your charger with you."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My kids apparently needed *this* calculator for school. When I went to school, we used toothpicks to do math. One kid in my class had those little plastic counting teddy bears... very fancy but did the same job as the toothpicks. I think this calculator is like those little plastic counting bears. It’s super fancy, but in the end, it adds stuff just the same as a lower-priced toothpicks/calculator (I know because I checked it). But my kids were super happy. Unfortunately, I have 4 kids that needed this type of calculator. FOUR (use this fancy calculator to add up how much 4 calculators cost me). So, to get my money’s worth, if anyone needs help calculating anything before they get their own calculator, contact my kids. I plan on making them do math on these calculator every day until I die.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Imagine my surprise when I found out that my old TI-83 didn't have enough power to do everything I needed it to do for my next three math classes, College Algebra (math 114), Calculus for Business and Stats! After a lengthy conversation with my Math Professor, she recommended I pick up a TI-84 and if i was willing to pay a bit more get the color version. Man am I glad I did. This Calculator is so much fun. It's like walking around with a mini computer in my pocket. I can put in my functions Ysub1 and Ysub2, Hit graph and whamo out comes this pretty graph, like the TI-83 it does handle a lot of numbers, you can set equations to zero and off you go running, however unlike the older version, you are not constrained with having to remember when to use or close parenthesis. I've run the same things through both calculators and was amazed when the older version basically had a heart attack when the TI-84 chugged through the answer.\n\nThis one is rechargeable, which means you need to plug it into the wall and top off the battery, it comes partially charged. Color changes are super easy with just a touch of a few buttons. Outside of that it does have a larger memory so upgrades are a breeze. I an unable to speak at this time as to the battery life as I just bought it this week and haven't had to charge it but the one time.\n\nWhats in the package:\n1. TI-84 Plus CE\n1 - Micro USB/ USB Mini-B port\n1 - USB/USB Mini-B port for charging\n1 - Cover\n1 - TI-84 Plus CE for Dummies pamphlet\n2 additional pamphlets for the TI-84 Plus CE\n1 -Warranty pamphlet\n\nThis is really a good upgraded calculator that meets the needs of those who are going to school for general math and moving on to stats. I'm a business major so my math will end at Stats and Calculus for business. I really do like this new unit!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The product works fine, my only complaint was with the seller. My calculator was labeled as "new" and even looked legitimate in original packaging (although not the newest one that comes with TI 84 for Dummies), but when it arrived it had a red stain on the calculator cover (like from hot Cheetos) and multiple scratches on the front surface of the calculator by the numbers. I swear it came out of the package looking like this and its very disappointing that I paid full price for a new item when I received an obviously refurbished item. When I turned it on it even said "RAM Cleared." Deceitful practices can be expected from "Hollister Y".'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I had a TI-84 in college. It was great. I ordered this calculator for my daughter for school and it arrived a day later than promised. When it was turned on the screen was white and blank. Thinking it needed to charge, I charged it for 24 hours. It is still white and blank. When it is plugged into the computer, it says that the OS is missing. I will be returning it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "My understanding is that the Python version is the newest model and is replacing the CE version. I wasn't sure if I'd receive the CE or CE Python version. I was happy that we received the newest version with Python. We ordered the teal version."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Ordered a new calculator. Paid full price for a NEW calculator. I received a used one. Obviously it’s been used. Ram is cleared scratches are apparent and there are some nicks like it’s been dropped a few times. Absolutely ridiculous .'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'First:\nThis TI graphing calculator is a purchase for my daughter to get her through high school and college math and science. It is an amazing calculator and I have no complaints about it or Texas Instruments.\n\nSecond:\nHere is my complaint. In the product listing for this Ti-84 plus ce (color purple) it clearly states that this is the newer python edition. What arrived was not. Since this was handled by Amazon services Llc, lack of control over third party resellers cannot be blamed. I feel that there is less and less oversight over product listings as I also read many reviews and read this very same complaint. I understand that prime member dues will increase and with supply chain issues I also understand that some prime item may not make it to me in two days. How difficult is it to relay the correct information in a product listing. That is essentially a bait and switch.\n\nJust do the right thing Amazon services.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'When I’m paying $120 for a calculator, I can’t imagine being played. But that’s exactly what happened to me. I received my TI-84 Plus CE in ripped & damaged factory packaging. My first guess was that it was just handled improperly but after looking closely at the calculator, that was clearly not the case. Scratches appear in the same pattern around EVERY SINGLE BUTTON. The upper & bottom portion of the screen has been scratched and scuffed. And what really ticked me off is noticing the inner border of the lcd where I noticed this calculator has definitely been taken apart.\n\nI reached out to Texas Instruments. I will update my review based on how they treat me as a customer during this dreadful quarantine.'}]