If you’ve had your eye on a new Kindle Fire, whether for yourself or maybe as a Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or graduation gift, but have been waiting for a sale (and Kindles normally only go on sale around the winter holidays), why not pick up a refurbished model instead and save $25 -$30 on your purchase?
Or if you’ve been thinking of getting yourself one, instead of buying a brand new one at full price why not pick up a refurbished one and apply your savings toward books, movies, music and apps for it?
Refurbished Fires been carefully tested, cleaned and repackaged by the experts at Amazon so they’re just like new (they even put the refurbished ones in a new box that’s the same as what they use for brand-new ones), and refurbished Fires come with the same warranty as brand new Fires.
Having owned both a first-generation, non-HD Fire and one of the newer HD models, I can tell you the image quality, processor speed and wifi connectivity strength are all significantly better in the HD models so it’s definitely worth the upgrade for owners of first-generation, non-HD Fires.
But if you want one, act quickly because refurbished Fires aren’t always in stock at Amazon.
From Amazon:
• A Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire is a pre-owned Kindle Fire that has been refurbished, tested, and certified to look and work like new. Learn more
• Includes a full one-year limited warranty, just like a brand-new Kindle Fire
• All new — 40% faster, twice the memory, longer battery life
• Ultra-fast web browsing over built-in Wi-Fi, easy-to-use email works with Gmail, Yahoo! and more
• The most popular apps and games — Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, HBO GO, Pandora, Angry Birds Space, and more
• Kindle FreeTime — set screen limits, create child profiles, and more
• Kindle FreeTime Unlimited – just for kids. Unlimited access to books, games, apps, movies and TV shows. Learn more
• Massive book selection, vibrant color magazines. Over a million titles less than $9.99
• Over 23 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, books, audiobooks, apps, and games
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Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire [non-HD model] – (4/5 stars, currently priced at $134)
This is the most basic Fire model which normally retails at $159 for a brand new device.
Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire HD 7″ – (4/5 stars, currently priced at $169 for the 16GB model and $199 for the 32GB model)
This is the entry-level Fire HD, which normally retails at $199 for the 16GB model and $229 for the 32 GB model.
Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ – (4/5 stars, currently priced at $239 for the 16GB model and $269 for the 32GB model)
This is the non-4G LTE model of the Kindle Fire HD, so there’s no extra cost for any data plan here. It’s just like the 7″ Kindle Fire HD, but with a larger screen. This model normally retails at $269 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model.
do you have any kindle touches ?
To clarify: the refurbished Fires are sold by Amazon, not this site. Regarding the Touch model, we didn’t come across any while preparing this post, but a search for “refurbished Kindle Touch” on Amazon turned up these results.
I have a kindle fire which, unfortunately, started to have power problems just over a year after I received it. I got it as a Christmas gift in 2011 and the power issues began just around or shortly after last Christmas. Can I return it/sell it back so it can be refurbished and sold by Amazon?
It would’ve been best to contact Amazon about the issue when you first noticed it. Even if the Fire was slightly outside the warranty period, Amazon probably would’ve honored a warranty return at that time. They’re well-known for their customer service. At this point, you can’t return it via Amazon’s electronics trade-in program because they require items to be in working order. Regarding your ‘power problems’, some users have reported charger issues, in which case you can try a different charger. Also, rechargeable batteries aren’t meant to be charged far beyond the time required to bring them back up to a full charge, so if you were in the habit of leaving your Fire plugged in overnight or all day to re-charge, you could’ve damaged the battery. Each time a rechargeable battery is overcharged, it reduces the battery’s capacity a bit and with repeated overcharging, the battery won’t hold a charge at all.