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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
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.