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Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS (Staples)
Date of introduction: | July 2011 | Display technology: | LCD |
New price: | Office Depot: $14.99 Staples: $14.99 Office Max: $12.99 Shopko: $15.29 |
Display size: | 11 characters and 10 +2 |
Size: | 6.1" x 3.2" x 0.6" 154 x 83 x 15 mm³ |
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Weight: | 3.3 ounces, 94 grams | Serial No: | |
Batteries: | Solar cells + CR2025 (60µA) | Date of manufacture: | mth 02 year 2011 (M) |
AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | China (K) | |
Precision: | 13 | Integrated circuits: | |
Memories: | 5 | ||
Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
This
pink colored TI-30X IIS was manufactured by Kinpo Electronics,
Inc. for the office product retailer Staples. It was released for the
Back-to-School 2011 campaign together
with its orange sibling and the TI-84 Plus Silver
Edition in the colors of pink and blue.
Disassembling
this model of the TI-30X IIS manufactured February 2011 reveals a well known internal
construction. We discovered already in 2004 with Inventec
Shanghai, Kinpo Electronics,
Inc. and Nam
Tai Electronics, Inc. three different contract manufacturers for the TI-30X
IIS. Comparing two calculators with Date codes K-0304 and K-0409 yields no
significant differences.
This design was used in Summer
2011 by five retailers:
Office Depot,
Staples,
Office Max,
Fred Meyer and
Shopko. In Summer 2012 both Target
and BJ's added this TI-30X IIS to their selection.
In Summer 2013 six
retailers used the design: Best Buy, Fred Meyer, Office Max, Shopko, Staples and
Target (in alphabetical order).
Don't miss the pink TI-30XS MultiView introduced in 2011, too.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, July 31, 2011. No reprints without written permission.