Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator vs Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)

What separates them

These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator is ₹11,091 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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Rhodia

Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)

₹1,899

90 GSM Clairefontaine paper is the entire reason to buy this over any other A5 notebook, and it is the specification neither this nor its main rival prints on the cover: at 90 GSM fountain and gel ink do not bleed through, so both sides of every page are usable.

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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 Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal is for

Buy it if: Anyone writing with a fountain pen or wet gel ink who wants to use both sides of the page.

Avoid it if: Anyone who only writes in ballpoint -- the paper premium buys nothing then.

Specifications, side by side

1 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.

Specification	Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator	Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal
Price	₹12,990	₹1,899
Weight	215 g	330 g
Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty
Battery	Rechargeable lithium, about a month per charge	not published
Binding	not published	Sewn, so it opens flat
Charging	USB	not published
Display	320 x 240 colour, backlit	not published
Drying time	not published	Coated smooth paper means fountain ink dries slower on it than on absorbent paper -- around 10 seconds
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
Fountain pen behaviour	not published	No bleed-through, no feathering, minimal ghosting. This is the specification that separates it from most notebooks at this price
Memory	3 MB flash, 154 KB RAM	not published
Pages	not published	96 sheets, 192 pages
Paper weight	not published	90 GSM Clairefontaine
Programming	TI-BASIC and Python on current models	not published
Ruling	not published	5 mm dot grid
Why 90 GSM matters	not published	Below about 80 GSM, wet ink soaks through and the reverse of every page becomes unusable. Above it, both sides work
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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