‘We would have to sell the lowest-end SKU at a loss’ says the San Francisco-based hardware maker as it hits pause on offering sub-$1,000 versions of the Framework 13 laptop.
In a sign of how Trump’s tariffs will affect the PC industry, Framework Computer says it has no choice but to temporarily discontinue the base models of its upgradable laptops in the US.
The company cites Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on Taiwan, where its laptops are manufactured. « We priced our laptops when tariffs on imports from Taiwan were 0%. At a 10% tariff, we would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss,” the San Francisco-based company tweeted.
Framework’s US website has hit pause on offering the base-model Framework 13 laptop with an Intel Ultra 5 125H or AMD Ryzen 5 7640U, which previously started at $899 and $999, respectively, for the prebuilt edition.
