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Basically it is the demand - if there is no demand then nobody is going to make them. In UK, the graphing calculators range from £30 to £150. I haven't seen TI calculators recently: they are mainly Casio (Japanese brand). Outside school, graphing calculators are only used in specialized fields.

Once the kids have left school, they either don't use their calculators or they only use the simple arithmetic operations and possibly hex to decimal conversion if they in the technical side. Everything else, they use computers, tablets or mobile phones. Even a fancy calculator like the Casio FX-CG50 with colours and 216x384 screen resolution can't compete with phones, tablets and computers for graphing.

I work in engineering and don't know anyone at work who uses the graphing facility of their graphing calculator if they have one. Many are still using the calculators from their school/uni days. They just use the calculators for hex conversion. The ones who are in business just use a calculator with big buttons, a 14-digit display and and an audit trail.

You could put out a survey at work to see how many people use the graphing facility of their graphing calculator, if they have one. Wouldn't be surprised if the answer is 0.

Basically it is the demand - if there is no demand then nobody is going to make them. In UK, the graphing calculators range from £30 to £150. I haven't seen TI calculators recently: they are mainly Casio (Japanese brand). Outside school, graphing calculators are only used in specialized fields.

Once the kids have left school, they either don't use their calculators or they only use the simple arithmetic operations and possibly hex to decimal conversion if they in the technical side. Everything else, they use computers, tablets or mobile phones. Even a fancy calculator like the Casio FX-CG50 with colours and 216x384 screen resolution can't compete with phones, tablets and computers for graphing.

I work in engineering and don't know anyone at work who uses the graphing facility of their graphing calculator if they have one. Many are still using the calculators from their school/uni days. They just use the calculators for hex conversion. The ones who are in business just use a calculator with big buttons, a 14-digit display and and audit trail.

You could put out a survey at work to see how many people use the graphing facility of their graphing calculator, if they have one. Wouldn't be surprised if the answer is 0.

Basically it is the demand - if there is no demand then nobody is going to make them. In UK, the graphing calculators range from £30 to £150. I haven't seen TI calculators recently: they are mainly Casio (Japanese brand). Outside school, graphing calculators are only used in specialized fields.

Once the kids have left school, they either don't use their calculators or they only use the simple arithmetic operations and possibly hex to decimal conversion if they in the technical side. Everything else, they use computers, tablets or mobile phones. Even a fancy calculator like the Casio FX-CG50 with colours and 216x384 screen resolution can't compete with phones, tablets and computers for graphing.

I work in engineering and don't know anyone at work who uses the graphing facility of their graphing calculator if they have one. Many are still using the calculators from their school/uni days. They just use the calculators for hex conversion. The ones who are in business just use a calculator with big buttons, a 14-digit display and an audit trail.

You could put out a survey at work to see how many people use the graphing facility of their graphing calculator, if they have one. Wouldn't be surprised if the answer is 0.

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Basically it is the demand - if there is no demand then nobody is going to make them. In UK, the graphing calculators range from £30 to £150. I haven't seen TI calculators recently: they are mainly Casio (Japanese brand). Outside school, graphing calculators are only used in specialized fields.

Once the kids have left school, they either don't use their calculators or they only use the simple arithmetic operations and possibly hex to decimal conversion if they in the technical side. Everything else, they use computers, tablets or mobile phones. Even a fancy calculator like the Casio FX-CG50 with colours and 216x384 screen resolution can't compete with phones, tablets and computers for graphing.

I work in engineering and don't know anyone at work who uses the graphing facility of their graphing calculator if they have one. Many are still using the calculators from their school/uni days. They just use the calculators for hex conversion. The ones who are in business just use a calculator with big buttons, a 14-digit display and and audit trail.

You could put out a survey at work to see how many people use the graphing facility of their graphing calculator, if they have one. Wouldn't be surprised if the answer is 0.