Framework Laptop 12 pre-orders delayed in US

We’re delaying opening pre-orders for Framework Laptop 12 in the US. We’re still opening orders for the other countries we ship to tomorrow (April 9th), now at 10am PT.

We’re incrementally making adjustments for US customers as tariff impact comes into effect, starting from changes that are most reversible. That is, temporarily delisting SKUs or delaying listing new SKUs is easy to undo if we see tariff reduction or mitigation.

We’re holding the next step, repricing products for sale in the US, until we have final confirmation that there is no alternative. We’ll keep you updated as we make changes, as well as on when we’ll be able to open Framework Laptop 12 in the US.

As a reminder, although we are US-headquartered, we manufacture our laptops in Taiwan. That means we currently face a 10% tariff importing to the US, increasing to 32% on April 9th. The basis of our products and company is longevity, and we’re making these changes to ensure we’re able to continue to deliver on our mission for the long term.

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SKU: ‘Stock Keeping Unit’, i.e., I think, part (of some machine).

That’ll be 2025-04-09T17:00:00Z in your local time. Yes, this auto-adjusts based on your time zone.

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Wish you a good worthwhile launch despite this snag! Hope the size of other markets supports the model still!

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I’d just like to give a quick thanks to Framework for being transparent regarding the tariff impact and what the plans are to proceed. I, for one, really appreciate this transparency.

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Seems that preorders are now open for US customers but they are actually priced significantly below EU prices (currently about 70$ after conversion)…

Yeah, that’s pretty normal, look at the price difference of their existing laptops. $70 is far from the worst of them.

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tax included?