
Sales actually went up following one price rise, and the OmniGo 100 and 120, with a full HP-12C built into them, have been discontinued while the HP-12C continues to sell well.

The technology of the HP-12C is old enough that HP have several times wished to stop making it - by increasing the price and by introducing alternatives. For many years, despite huge sales of inkjet and laser cartridges, the HP-12C continued to be in the top 25 HP products sold by number per year.

Indeed its continuing sales may be the main reason why HP still have a calculator operation and continue to make the technical models favoured by most HPCC members. It is by far HP's most successful and best selling calculator. The HP-12C and the slightly revised Platinum version are still on sale today.

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