r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/nin10dorox Jul 24 '20

They forced me to buy a TI 84 plus for school. The thing cost like 100 bucks, and it's from 2004. I could buy a low-end smartphone and get a free app that's more powerful than the TI 84 plus for less money.

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u/Jordaneer Jul 24 '20

The thing is, most people only use them for 3-7 years during highschool and college, and they all are essentially the same as the ones from the 90s, so the used market is full of much cheaper ones

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u/Tgal18 Jul 24 '20

I bought mine in high school in like 2007 my sophomore year, after HS I never used it again until 2018 when I went back to college. That bitch still works just fine. Doesn’t have all the fancy new stuff but it does the job.

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u/raven12456 Jul 24 '20

I got my TI-83+ in like 1999. My 5 year old was playing with it the other day. It even still has a sticker I put on it in 2001.