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HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« on: September 11, 2013, 03:18:20 pm »
Since September began and HP and fans started unveiling HP Prime resellers on the HP Prime Facebook page (see comments), there began to be concerns that the new 400 MHz, color touch screen graphing calculator, would only be available for sale for people in United States or Europe. In other words, Canadians, Australians and Asians were pretty much screwed. In addition to that, it was believed that certain American resellers were being supplied by European ones, forcing them to sell the calculator at least $50 above the rumored MSRP of $139.99 or 149.99 and questioning even further the availability of the calculator outside Europe.

Well, good news: HPCalc.org now lets you pre-order the calculator and they ship worldwide! The store also sells other HP calculators, as well as accessories. The HP Prime is backordered until September 30th, which might be an indication about the release date. Some other stores might have it shipped earlier, although HPCalc is the only store that ships the HP Prime to Canada for now.

Hopefully, there are other resellers and stores selling it worldwide soon too and we hope that brick-and-mortar stores will carry it as well. It will be hard to judge how popular this calculator will be for now, though, as it just missed the back-to-school time, much like the Casio PRIZM did in 2010. We will most likely know next August.

You can already start creating programs or try the calculator for free with the official emulator. (no ROM required)

UPDATE (Sept 15th): Another website now allows worldwide pre-orders! http://www.samsoncables.com/catalog/index.cfm
« Last Edit: September 15, 2013, 10:24:56 pm by DJ Omnimaga »

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2013, 03:59:39 pm »
Man I wish I had money right now. :P That's awesome and I look forward to getting one eventually. :D
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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2013, 04:00:48 pm »
Shipping to France is dang expensive though. O.O
Edit : still cheaper than French prices though (€130 total vs 155). :)
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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2013, 05:08:51 pm »
(130€ == 172$)

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2013, 11:42:48 pm »
I remember seeing the calc for 149 euros on many European websites. This is pretty much close to $200 USD and that's without shipping fees. In any case you might be better off buying it on an American website unless you find one in France where shipping is free.

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2013, 12:15:09 am »
Shipping to France is dang expensive though. O.O
Edit : still cheaper than French prices though (€130 total vs 155). :)
Depends on which French prices you are talking about. You have a bargain if you are (or if you know) a teacher, and you can get a Prime for 120€.

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2013, 02:04:19 am »
It's funny how some stuff is more expensive in certain countries while other stuff is more expensive in different countries. For example, HP calc prices in Canada are insane ($207 for an HP 50g, while South of the border it's $136), while in France, it's Casio calc prices that are ridiculous.

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2013, 04:23:47 am »
Shipping to France is dang expensive though. O.O
Edit : still cheaper than French prices though (€130 total vs 155). :)
Depends on which French prices you are talking about. You have a bargain if you are (or if you know) a teacher, and you can get a Prime for 120€.

(source: http://tiplanet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=12944&p=147681)
My mom is an English teacher. I wonder if that'd work. :P

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2013, 05:11:51 am »
I'm gald to hear that it will be available soon. I'll have to get my preorder in shortly. :D

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2013, 06:53:23 am »
Shipping to France is dang expensive though. O.O
Edit : still cheaper than French prices though (€130 total vs 155). :)
Depends on which French prices you are talking about. You have a bargain if you are (or if you know) a teacher, and you can get a Prime for 120€.

(source: http://tiplanet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=12944&p=147681)
My mom is an English teacher. I wonder if that'd work. :P
Sounds weird, but it probably will. My dad is a german teacher and I got a bargain on my nspire cx.
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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2013, 10:39:54 am »
yaaay, you can pre-order it! :w00t:

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2013, 10:27:12 pm »
Another website now allows worldwide pre-orders! http://www.samsoncables.com/catalog/index.cfm

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2013, 12:56:03 am »
Cool shipping is cheaper with this one. :D

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2013, 03:20:10 am »
Nice. What I wonder, though, is if there are extra fees upon ordering when you pre-order, once the calc comes out? I mean, for example if you pay $130 to pre-order the calc, do you pay an extra $20 when the calc is released and the seller can finally ship them? I am wondering, since the MSRP seems to be $149.99 or something.

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Re: HP Prime can now be pre-ordered worldwide!
« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2013, 07:00:10 am »
I hope not. Pre orders are normally meant to be cheaper.