Amazon Kindle Replacement Battery (for 1st Generation Kindle)

by Amazon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 1.9 x 0.4 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000I6P1UA
• Item model number: A00100
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (232 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 19, 2007

Product Description

Replace or supplement your Amazon 1st Generation Kindle battery with a spare. This high capacity, rechargeable, replacement battery is identical to the battery that came with your Kindle.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

198 of 208 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Kindle Battery, July 22, 2008

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K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (Cape Girardeau, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amazon Kindle Replacement Battery (for 1st Generation Kindle) (Electronics)

First and foremost, Kindle is an exceptional product. That being said, the battery provided for it, is not. After less than three months of moderate use, the battery that came with the Kindle went from working great to flat dead. I would definitely recommend that you buy at least one extra battery to have around just in case you find yourself inconvenienced by this poor product. Fortunately for us, the pricing on this battery is fairly low. Hopefully, the manufacturer is looking into this and will be providing better batteries down the road. {ssintrepid}

76 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I think the batteries might have issues, April 6, 2008

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James Mueller "Gadget Head" (Hoboken, NJ) - See all my reviews
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My battery is dead after only 3 months as well. Based on the comments I have read others are having the same issue. Is Amazon looking into this? Are they going to make good on the replacement batteries for customers who have this problem? It's a shame, the device is great. I hope they don't let this issue overshadow the device's good points. Take a lesson from Apple when the iPod had battery issues when it first came out. FIX IT!

157 of 168 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Short Battery Life, July 2, 2008

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Vince B. "Vince" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Amazon Kindle Replacement Battery (for 1st Generation Kindle) (Electronics)

I don't consider having a swappable battery a feature - as much as a common sense engineering decision. I can understand to some small extent why the iPod doesn't - as they are shooting for extreme size reduction. However even in their case - it was a mistake.

The issue with the Kindle battery is that they die too fast - I'm getting 3-4 months before the battery fails to hold a charge - I just ordered two more because my last one after charging all night held the charge for almost 15 minutes - not useful.

I suspect this is either very poor quality control in the Chinese made battery or a design flaw in the charging circuit. In any case Amazon really needs to look into this.