Mint and pink: a closer look at the backflipping Framework Laptop 12

Feb 27, 2025 07:52 AM - 1 month ago 71272

Sean Hollister

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The infinitesimal Vjeran and I sewage to the demo room astatine Framework’s San Francisco event, we knew correct distant — the mint and pinkish type of the Framework Laptop 12 was the 1 I wanted to touch, the 1 he wanted to photograph and film.

One of the women opinionated adjacent to the demo stations thanked america for saying that retired loud, because she wasn’t initially judge mint and pinkish would make the cut! She introduced herself arsenic Esther Yen, the elder business designer of this full laptop — and says they were the colors she had asked for.

Yesterday, Framework announced the 12-inch convertible notebook arsenic its first effort to hole fund laptops, by making them modular and repairable. (It’s kind of Framework’s thing, but this is its first fund machine, its first touchscreen, and its first convertible.)

While we haven’t learned a lot much astir it since the specifications I shared yesterday — only Framework investor Linus Sebastian got to spell nether the hood, revealing a 50Wh battery, faster SSD swaps, and a astonishing number of pogo pins — we do person much photos of Esther’s creation that I thought you mightiness enjoy.

Here you go!

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

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