Comments from our users:
jwm3 - "I have purchased a few raspberry pi alternatives. What happens is I don't get around to using it for a year, look up how to use it and find most of the links to documentation dead, a lot of promises to future features that never materialized and forums that died out a few months after it came out that are now just mostly unanswered questions. It's pretty frustrating."
xartle - "All that and a barrel connection for power..."
GiveToOedipus - "In this day and age, there is no excuse to not at least accept power from a USB-C connector."
jetclimb - "Yes! This so much. I know there may be a slight added charge but usbC is so ubiquitous and it's the future. Driving me nuts when I get something new and it's micro. Worst connector ever"
xf2xf - "Current TI graphing calculators still use mini-USB for some godawful reason. For what they charge for those things, there is no reason they should still be using such an outdated connector (or outdated everything else)."
[deleted] - "At least there are AA and AAA rechargeable batteries with usbC for charging. Just expensive."
Esava - "I just don't get why most people in for example NA seem to buy such crazy expensive calculators... Or well more why the schools and unis require these expensive ones."
Emu1981 - "I just don't get why most people in for example NA seem to buy such crazy expensive calculators... Or well more why the schools and unis require these expensive ones."
LargeDisplacemntMode - "I recently had the itch to get back into messing around with a graphing calculator, so I picked up TI’s current flagship the Nspire II CAS. It looked and sounded pretty cool, with it’s more modern interface and ability to program in Python. I held it in my hands, pressed a few buttons, and interacted with the screen only to be completely disappointed with the user experience. I tried their other latest models too, and I might as well have been holding a TI-83 from 1995. It’s interesting there aren’t more on-brand options, and disappointing these are what students are still using and yet more expensive than ever."
Graywulff - "Yeah nothing innovative has happened. My ti-86 is still as good as a new one. Yet same price. Hb color screen or better controls or Ui like you said. Just get someone an iOS developer."
tom-8-to - "Development costs! They would have to reengineer the whole thing for that change and pay royalties for using that type of connector. So nope, not gonna happen says the suits in accounting."
AkirIkasu - "Casio graphing calculators start with an MSRP of $57. As far as I've seen there is zero other companies who offer graphing calculators with as much capability anywhere near this price. The closest I've seen is NumWorks at $100."
Cindexxx - "Or a phone with an app that blows it out of the water lol. You can get full blown smartphones for $50. Not good ones, but way enough to be a graphing calculator."
Top_Account3643 - "The problem falls back to test cheating too"
abarrelofmankeys - "It pains me that my most expensive gadget, a teenage engineering op1, uses mini usb. I have to keep one around just for it. Granted it launched in 2011, it would have been cool if that updated between 2011 and when I got one like 4 years ago."
megamanxoxo - "Honestly I feel like USB Mini was a better connector than USB Micro. But yeah, super annoying to have to have several variants of USB plugs just to charge everything these days. USB-C or gtfo. Thankfully Apple is finally getting off their own crap connector."
alexanderpas - "Current TI graphing calculators still use mini-USB for some godawful reason."
AkirIkasu - "Good news! We here at TI are proud to announce our latest graphing calculators, now with USB Micro-B ports! We have it on sale for only $199.99; get it before we raise it by fifty bucks right before you get the news that your next math class requires you to purchase it!"
GiveToOedipus - "Not to mention the additional e-waste generated when everyone has proprietary charger requirements and such. We should be using standard power interfaces whenever possible, and for SBCs, it only makes sense. The amperage and voltage needs should be easily met for the foreseeable future as it currently stands."
