Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator vs Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker

What separates them

These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator is ₹9,491 dearer.

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator

₹12,990

The exam position is the thing to establish before buying: this is approved for SAT, ACT, AP and IB, and CBSE, ICSE, JEE and NEET permit no calculator at all.

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Brother

Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker

₹3,499

Laminated TZe tape is why Brother labels survive on a freezer or outdoors where unlaminated ones rub off -- the printed layer is sandwiched between two films rather than sitting on the surface.

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Who the Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator is for

Buy it if: Students sitting international examinations, or using it for coursework and Python.

Avoid it if: Anyone buying it for CBSE, ICSE, JEE or NEET -- no calculator is permitted in those.

Who the Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker is for

Buy it if: Anyone labelling things that get handled, wet or sunlit, where unlaminated tape fails.

Avoid it if: Anyone making a handful of labels -- the tape economics do not justify the machine.

Specifications, side by side

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Specification	Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator	Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker
Price	₹12,990	₹3,499
Weight	215 g	400 g without batteries
Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty
Battery	Rechargeable lithium, about a month per charge	not published
Charging	USB	not published
Display	320 x 240 colour, backlit	not published
Exam eligibility	Approved for SAT, ACT, AP and IB. Indian board examinations -- CBSE and ICSE -- and JEE and NEET do not permit any calculator	not published
Keyboard	not published	QWERTY
Laminated construction	not published	The printed layer is sandwiched between two layers of film, so it survives water, abrasion and sunlight. Unlaminated tapes rub off
Margins	not published	Leaves about 25 mm of leader tape per print, which is waste on short labels
Memory	3 MB flash, 154 KB RAM	not published
Power	not published	6 AAA batteries or an optional adapter, not included
Print	not published	Thermal transfer, 180 dpi
Programming	TI-BASIC and Python on current models	not published
Tape	not published	Brother TZe laminated, 3.5 to 12 mm widths
Tape cost	not published	Roughly Rs700 to 1000 per cassette, and a cassette holds 8 metres. Over a few years the tape costs more than the machine
Why that matters	Buying this for Indian board exams is a misunderstanding worth heading off. It is useful for coursework and for international examinations	not published

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