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I really want to love the framework but I'm holding out in case they make a 16:9 version sometime. I watch a lot of streaming / YouTube and it would bug me because I don't think I've ever watched 16:10 content. I don't really care that much about an inch or so more vertical space since I don't need to fit huge code blocks on my screen that often, nor do I really work on my laptop much in the first place - it's primarily a media consumption machine.
Of all the things to pick and choose on a laptop, the aspect ratio is a dealbreaker? It's like a few extra mm of screen real estate you're giving up
If you want to keep the whole laptop 16 the same, including dimensions but just want to change the display, you'll just end up having more bezels and wasted space.
If you're hoping for a new form factor optimized around 16:9, who knows if that would come out, but I have a feeling the narrow laptop form factor would have reduced size for the battery, and other components which seem like an undesirable tradeoff.
Only alternative I could imagine making potential sense would be a 17in+ version in 16:9?
But they are all unlikely, I would imagine. Sorry.
I doubt they will.
A normal keyboard with a numpad beside it and a decent sized trackpad beneath it happens to work out to an approximately 16:10 aspect ratio, which is why the Framework 16 uses a 16:10 display.
Similarly a normal keyboard (no numpad) and a decent sized trackpad beneath it is approximately a 3:2 aspect ratio, which is why the Framework 13 uses a 3:2 display.
Using a wider aspect ratio such as 16:9 results in either wasted space above/below the display, wasted space on either side of the keyboard, or a small trackpad. All of those can be annoying. This is why a lot of premium laptops use taller aspect ratios.
It would be nice if Framework did offer an option to get a 16:9 display, however as Framework has said they have a lot of different customers wanting lot of different parts options, and trying to create all the different parts that different people want would be a nightmare of logistics for Framework to keep in stock and available. So Framework has to pick and choose what is actually worth creating.
I doubt it is worth the effort for Framework to stock a 10% smaller display, bezels to go with that display, laptops equipped with those displays (since the display is one of the parts that is pre-installed on all laptops) just for the customers that want larger bezels and less usable screen space because it gives a better 16:9 content viewing experience.