Please, make an upgraded panel for the 16

[Mike_Swanson]

@MJ1

I don’t believe Framework has advertised / strongly positioned the Framework 16 as a “gaming” laptop. One can not expect that a screen upgrade will have a special focus on the aspects gamers especially look for.

Honestly, it wouldn’t be wholly unreasonable for two upgrade paths to be offered, if it makes sense:

• Gaming screen with a lower screen resolution (the current 2560×1600 perhaps)
• Productivity screen with the higher screen resolution (eg, my proposed 3840×2400)

Gaming is a utility the Framework 16 was advertised as being capable, especially with the GPU module add-ons, but it was never a “gaming laptop” as its only utility. I don’t use mine as one, for sure. (And by using external monitors over DisplayPort, I can assure even the 7040 series is quite capable of multiple 4K screens at once.)

@MJ1

Also, I would not expect two screen options to be released at the same time or even in close succession.

I feel the same. I’d rather see the current Gen1+Gen2 displays available while supplies last than fragmenting the market with options that might be too easily mistakenly ordered by new customers.

If new whole-laptop sales of the Framework 16 came with a (as yet hypothetical) Gen3 3840×2400 display, you’d just have to deal with it. I don’t even think the option of halving the screen resolution in-game is bad (since when is 1920×1200 a poor game resolution?), and it’s much less risky than someone buying a lower resolution screen just because it’s the gaming-optimized one.

Of course, in that same scenario, you can avoid the whole system builder and build up a Framework 16 by individual orders in the Marketplace, including the Gen1/Gen2 displays. That’s already possible right now, it’s just inconvenient.

[MJ1]

Oh no, not unreasonable at all. It would be great if they offered two different screen upgrade options together! And people have been asking for a nice OLED option since the beginning, before the FWL16 even existed. It’s about time they offer one.

I just don’t think anyone should expect it, or get their hopes up. And particularly not feel wronged if FW doesn’t provide a certain upgrade as the next thing to drop, or soon.

[James3]

I would like a slightly different option.
If the top cover was not as thin as it currently is we could:

1. have enough depth to fit any display panel we wished to fit. Some are thicker than others.
2. have enough depth to fit a small adapter circuit. Different display panels have different power and pinout. Have room for the adapter circuit.
3. the top panel would be thicker, and therefore stronger and less flexible. Protecting the display panel more from damage.

So, i would like a new, deeper top cover so users could fit their own oled, hdr or whatever display panels they wished.