Why are the HP Prime and HP-35s so unpopular?

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(03-04-2021 12:11 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  The problem with the 38G in this kind of "unpopularity ranking" is its extreme rarity. It simply cannot collect enough votes to even show up in any ranking. And also I guess that few people in this forum have actually seen one in real life. At least here in Europe. On eBay and other sales platforms they show up about as frequently, or rather infrequenttly, as the HP-91 or HP-01... Currently there are only 5 listed worldwide and at least one of these is broken.

Hi Max. I don't find this true on eBay here is USA; I see an HP-38G listed about once/week, maybe every two weeks at most. They are nearly always cheap and about 1/4 the time come with a manual. I've purchased 3 in recent years, each one cost less than $25; one of them was $12 w/shipping included.

Regarding the comment by Gerald H. above, "Truly unpopular is & was the 38G, surely in the annals of HP the most unpopular when new & at any time after its introduction, nowadays not even worth criticizing." I find this a bit too optimistic. I think it is worth criticizing, and assume you would agree, but won't hikack the thread further to do that here.