"Hewlett Packard" not on the front of HP12c Platinum

[denmarks]

I have a HP12c Platinum purchased from Amazon about a year ago. On the back it says "71025 Boeblingen Germany" and "made in Philippines". What is strange is that it does not have "Hewlett Packard" in the lower front of the calculator. I just wondered why?

   

[Eric Rechlin]

HP no longer owns the name Hewlett-Packard; Hewlett Packard Enterprise owns it. So HP can no longer use that name on their products.

[calc_freak]

Here's a resource on the various 12C and 12C Platinum models:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-12C#

Additional links are contained in the article.

[rprosperi]

(05-24-2023 12:20 AM)denmarks Wrote:  I have a HP12c Platinum purchased from Amazon about a year ago. On the back it says "71025 Boeblingen Germany" and "made in Philippines". What is strange is that it does not have "Hewlett Packard" in the lower front of the calculator. I just wondered why?

Are you sure it was a year ago? What is the serial number?

[Mark H. Shin]

I have a Phillipines production 12C Platinum that does have the Hewlett Packard logo with S/N PHA92004WC.

Just so happens there is a listing on TAS (Item# 394640913756), that also does not have the Hewlett Packard logo, but unfortunately the S/N sticker is missing...

[denmarks]

(05-24-2023 11:55 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  

(05-24-2023 12:20 AM)denmarks Wrote:  I have a HP12c Platinum purchased from Amazon about a year ago. On the back it says "71025 Boeblingen Germany" and "made in Philippines". What is strange is that it does not have "Hewlett Packard" in the lower front of the calculator. I just wondered why?

Are you sure it was a year ago? What is the serial number?

It was actually 8 months ago. PHA20608YV

[rprosperi]

(05-24-2023 01:54 PM)denmarks Wrote:  

(05-24-2023 11:55 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  Are you sure it was a year ago? What is the serial number?

It was actually 8 months ago. PHA20608YV

Thanks, that puts mfg. in early 2022, after coming under Moravia's management, so it's not surprising.

I've no idea why a 2019 made unit has the text removed. As the 12CP has changed very little (maybe pkg only?) since the initial change to 2 x CR2032, I don't pay much attention to it and easily could have missed this. Perhaps HP itself discontinued that label on the front when they transferred mfg to Philippines, before the mgmt. transfer to the licensees?

[denmarks]

(05-24-2023 06:28 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  

(05-24-2023 01:54 PM)denmarks Wrote:  It was actually 8 months ago. PHA20608YV

Thanks, that puts mfg. in early 2022, after coming under Moravia's management, so it's not surprising.

I've no idea why a 2019 made unit has the text removed. As the 12CP has changed very little (maybe pkg only?) since the initial change to 2 x CR2032, I don't pay much attention to it and easily could have missed this. Perhaps HP itself discontinued that label on the front when they transferred mfg to Philippines, before the mgmt. transfer to the licensees?

It was sold by ABG Deals on Amazon. The current photo on Amazon shows "Hewlett Packard" on the face. Seems like I have a rare model.

[Steve Simpkin]

I noticed the HP-12C Platinum is currently selling for about $37 USD new on Amazon. That’s as low as I’ve ever seen it priced.
https://www.amazon.com/HEWF2231AA-12c-Pl...B001B4SYBQ

[ijabbott]

(05-24-2023 12:20 AM)denmarks Wrote:  I have a HP12c Platinum purchased from Amazon about a year ago. On the back it says "71025 Boeblingen Germany" and "made in Philippines". What is strange is that it does not have "Hewlett Packard" in the lower front of the calculator. I just wondered why?

Does it have a screw on the battery door? I'm just wondering if that was added at the same time as the text was removed.

[denmarks]

(05-24-2023 07:30 PM)ijabbott Wrote:  

(05-24-2023 12:20 AM)denmarks Wrote:  I have a HP12c Platinum purchased from Amazon about a year ago. On the back it says "71025 Boeblingen Germany" and "made in Philippines". What is strange is that it does not have "Hewlett Packard" in the lower front of the calculator. I just wondered why?

Does it have a screw on the battery door? I'm just wondering if that was added at the same time as the text was removed.

No screw.

[denmarks]

(05-24-2023 07:00 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  I noticed the HP-12C Platinum is currently selling for about $37 USD new on Amazon. That’s as low as I’ve ever seen it priced.
https://www.amazon.com/HEWF2231AA-12c-Pl...B001B4SYBQ

It just went to $41.50. I paid $47. $36.84 is for the HP CALCULATRICE FINANCIÄRE HP 12C Platinum (sounds French).

[WallyEmm]

(05-24-2023 06:28 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  I've no idea why a 2019 made unit has the text removed. As the 12CP has changed very little (maybe pkg only?) since the initial change to 2 x CR2032, I don't pay much attention to it and easily could have missed this. Perhaps HP itself discontinued that label on the front when they transferred mfg to Philippines, before the mgmt. transfer to the licensees?

I have a 12C Platinum supposedly made in 2018 in the Philippines and it has the Hewlett Packard text. The serial number is PHA837031N and I bought it new in sealed package from TAS in October of 2019.

[KimH]

(05-24-2023 12:20 AM)denmarks Wrote:  I have a HP12c Platinum purchased from Amazon about a year ago. On the back it says "71025 Boeblingen Germany" and "made in Philippines". What is strange is that it does not have "Hewlett Packard" in the lower front of the calculator. I just wondered why?

Interesting with the ZIP code for Böblingen, 71025 - that is the German HP HQ location.. How does that get onto the box from Amazon in US and a device from Philippines.

[WallyEmm]

(05-25-2023 08:06 AM)KimH Wrote:  

(05-24-2023 12:20 AM)denmarks Wrote:  I have a HP12c Platinum purchased from Amazon about a year ago. On the back it says "71025 Boeblingen Germany" and "made in Philippines". What is strange is that it does not have "Hewlett Packard" in the lower front of the calculator. I just wondered why?

Interesting with the ZIP code for Böblingen, 71025 - that is the German HP HQ location.. How does that get onto the box from Amazon in US and a device from Philippines.

The Germany reference is printed on the back of my Platinum alongside the certification logos (FCC, etc). It is on 3 lines and says:

Quote:HP, HQ-TRE
71025 Boeblingen
Germany

My calculator does have the "Hewlett Packard" text in the lower left corner. It was made in the Philiippines in 2018.

Wally

[lvt]

I bought my 12C platinum just because it has the Hewlett-Packard label on the front

PHA127030N

[lvt]

(05-24-2023 06:46 PM)denmarks Wrote:  It was sold by ABG Deals on Amazon. The current photo on Amazon shows "Hewlett Packard" on the face. Seems like I have a rare model.

Not sure if it's rare (could be a regional run) but it's definitely new, unheard of.

[Eric Rechlin]

I don't understand why this is so hard to understand.

No, not saying "Hewlett-Packard" on the front won't be rare. That's how all the ones produced since early 2022 are.

As I said before, this change was due to HP no longer having the right to the Hewlett-Packard name, which were actually lost some years ago, but HP had an agreement to allow it to remain on the 12c until things could get changed, which was a bit over a year ago.

Recent Australian regulations require a screw on the battery door. I don't know when this took effect, but we started seeing the updated calculators with a screwy battery door last year also. I had previously assumed it was at the same time as the faceplate change, but apparently that wasn't the case for the 12c Platinum, because in this thread there's a report of a Platinum that has had the Hewlett-Packard text removed but the screw hasn't yet been added.