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iPod mini battery replacement tips
January 21st 2009

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Beautiful thing that it is, my wife's five-year-old iPod mini stopped working the other day—its first complaint since the day I gave it to her. Further, although battery would no longer accept or hold a charge, this veteran was in otherwise perfect working order.

What to do? Well, if you Google the words iPod mini battery, you will find dozens of companies with comparable products at comparable prices.

For a number of reasons—price ($22.49 including ground shipping), reputation for quality, support materials—I chose to go with the Newer Technology NuPower iPod mini 650mAh replacement battery. And, like their marketing says, sometimes Newer is better than new—this battery offers 62.5% more run time than the stock Apple 400mAh battery the iPod mini originally shipped with.

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From kit through disassembly to finished and fully functional iPod in about 15 minutes. You'll want to have a tube of super glue handy and a second mini flathead screw driver if you've got one.



Recycle? Check with Call 2 Recycle for the location of places that will responsibly take back your iPod mini battery.


NewerTech's kit includes the required tools, simple illustrated instructions and there's a video tutorial available online.

Although this is a fairly straight forward procedure, if you're not a DIY kind of guy (or gal), then you can opt to have your new iPod battery professionally installed ($39, shipping included) and back in your hands in about 72 hours—total price of $58.99.

Which way to go? Well, for $20 and a small amount of effort, you can do it yourself. For $58.99 round trip, you can have the job done for you.

Either way, you'll have an iPod mini that's ready for service for a lot less than even a
refurbished iPod. Good deal...

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Reader Comments


nice informative article, I just bought a new battery for my ipod mini, 2 months ago. It works great and still working like a new one....
good Posted by jhon12 on 01/26/09 2:30 AM

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