Photos underneath the librem 14 hinge

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@Kyle_Rankin

For what it’s worth, apparently the issue that showed up in some Librem 13v4s had to do with a slightly larger diameter screw mount compared to other Librem 13s and 15s, and not the overall design of the hinge (a design which is pretty standard to my understanding among this style of laptop body).

I wanted to further comment on this, because I think it is being unfairly criticized elsewhere, but the hinge design with metal components being held to a plastic sub frame, is standard across MANY laptop brands and models.

What Kyle described above makes a lot of sense, given how the reported hinge failures failed. In looking at the new photos it really does look like the strain of the hinge opening and closing is spread out in a plethora of anchor points. I do not think there is going to be any issue with this hinge design.

I would also like to report that I have a Librem 13 v2, and while my display cable has problems, my hinge has never had a problem. It is going on 3 years old now.