Overview
- Framework disclosed on July 22 that its LPCAMM2 LPDDR5X memory supplier more than doubled prices, and the company has adjusted some customer orders by replacing 32GB modules with 16GB modules at the original 16GB price.
- The company sells the Laptop 13 Pro through batch-based preorders that require a $100 refundable deposit and currently show multi-month ship waits, with several Core Ultra and Ryzen batches delayed into the fall and winter.
- Reviewers found the Laptop 13 Pro’s 74Wh battery and Intel Core Ultra Series 3 platform deliver markedly longer runtimes and praised the solid build and modular, repairable design.
- Framework’s use of LPCAMM2 — a rare, interposer-based memory form factor that lets LPDDR5X be user-upgradeable — explains the technical gains but also creates a narrow supply chain and steep, volatile module prices.
- Customers reacted angrily after some received downgraded RAM and cited an earlier CEO assurance that preorders would be honored, raising questions about the laptop’s value for buyers and the risk of broader price and availability shifts for the product.