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

The moment Vjeran and I got to the demo room at Framework’s San Francisco event, we knew right away — the mint and pink version of the Framework Laptop 12 was the one I wanted to touch, the one he wanted to photograph and film. [Media: https://www.tiktok.com/@verge/video/7475758808846093614] One of the women standing next to the demo stations thanked us for saying that out loud, because she wasn’t initially sure mint and pink would make the cut! She introduced herself as Esther Yen, the senior industrial designer of this entire laptop — and says they were the colors she had asked for. Yesterday, Framework announced the 12-inch convertible notebook as its first attempt to fix budget laptops, by making them modular and repairable. (It’s kind of Framework’s thing, but this is its first budget machine, its first touchscreen, and its first convertible.) While we haven’t learned a lot more about it since the details I shared yesterday — only Framework investor Linus Sebastian got to go under the hood, revealing a 50Wh battery, faster SSD swaps, and a surprising number of pogo pins — we do have more photos of Esther’s design that I thought you might enjoy. Here you go! [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/1vpavic_20250225__0695.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/1vpavic_20250225__0694.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/1vpavic_20250225__0705.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/1vpavic_20250225__0706.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/1vpavic_20250225__0710.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/1vpavic_20250225__0711.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/1vpavic_20250225__0707.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/1vpavic_20250225__0693.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/1vpavic_20250225__0709.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Video: Framework’s first ever desktop is 4.5 liters of pure AMD muscle]