Future 12C Models?

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(10-10-2023 02:56 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  At HHC, during the presentation by Moravia, Radim Frydrych, who is the product manager for the non-Prime Calculator models, announced work will begin soon on an enhanced version of the 12C Platinum to be available in late '24/early '25. Specific details were not discussed, however he did mention a possibility of having a USB-C port, plus additional functions (new to Finance models). And although not discussed there, much faster and much more memory are likely as well and these just come with modern platforms.

A video of this presentation will be available at hpcalc's YT page in a couple weeks.

Good day sirs! Really appreciate you flagging this - I stumbled upon this forum seeking an answer to the same question as in original post. Found that video - some notes below:

- Moravia are working on a 'premium' or 'ultimate' (name as yet to be determined) enhanced version of 12c
- Motivating factor is ICs (meaning integrated circuits? forgive my ignorance) for 12c platinum are already at end-of-life - some inventory left in the market but they're looking to have a successor in place for the benefit of their portfolio
- Features they may add (though as of yet no final decisions made) include USB-C, dot-matrix display instead of seven-segment, possibly rechargeable
- Will start work on it early 2024 and it'll be available late 2024
- Will not be any new functions - maybe a slight difference in user experience.

And a question from my side if anyone cares to speculate - if HP-12c platinum ICs are at end of life does that mean 12c platinum as we know it will never be available again once stock in the channel is gone? Or likely to come back in the future with new ICs?

thanks