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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TI-84 is essentially a thirty year old technology $9 calculator, but due to TI monopoly, students everywhere are required to buy it and pay ten times, with the $100 price. A $0.99 app on any smart phone incorporates all that functionality and much more, without any ads.
  
But now, almost all standardized tests from college board, digital math courseware,  and schools/colleges are gradually adopting Desmos, so TI, Casio, etc, days in student market are numbered.

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People are not trying to save $10 bucks here. They are looking for a calculator suggestion, which should weigh some consideration on features, what’s used in class and available documentation on how to use it.

TI brand is very popular because it’s the default for many high schools and there are a bazillion tutorial videos on the internet.

I don’t know anyone using Casio calculators.[/quote]
People? rich people may not see the difference between $10 and $100, but many others do.  Nearly every AP exam now allows and provides online access to Desmos within the digital test.  Sorry, TI graphing calculators are headed to the grave.

"Desmos has been cutting into Texas Instruments' (TI) business, especially in the educational graphing calculator market. While TI has historically held a near-monopoly due to long-standing relationships with schools and standardized testing organizations, Desmos' free, web-based tools offer a more modern, accessible, and often more powerful alternative"

https://thehustle.co/graphing-calculators-expensive[/quote]

So what do you propose the OP does, wait for the graphing calculators to become obsolete, or worse buy a Casio lol?

Calculators are tools, use the ones that are the most helpful. You want to rely on Desmos alone at the AP exam? Go for it but it’s quite dumb when there are calculators out here that will make life much easier. Whatever career, people will use technology too, unlikely they’ll do integrals by hand.

Want to save $10, skip the potato chips at lunch, or just borrow the TI from the school library. [/quote]

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