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~~The '''Kenmore GP~~-865~~''' is a novelty telephone that reassembles a range with an oven, stovetop, and microwave. Manufactured in the early 1980s, it was sold as a marketing piece rather than an actual functional telephone~~.

{{Infobox Landline Telephones|image1=Kenmore_GP-865.jpg|image1desc=From Jordan U|introduced=circa 1985|ringer=Piezoelectric}}

~~{{Infobox Landline Telephones|image1=Kenmore_GP~~-865.~~jpg}}~~

The '''Kenmore GP-865''' is a novelty telephone that reassembles a range with an oven, stovetop, and microwave. Manufactured in the early 1980s, it was sold as a marketing piece rather than an actual functional telephone. This telephone is quite rare, there is no known documentation online. The only known mentions of it on the public internet is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqSJaLmZag4 a Jordan U video] and [https://www.ebay.com/itm/358336211625 an eBay listing that sold on March 22, 2026].

== Audio ==

It has a speaker located on the microwave and a microphone on the front of the oven.

The telephone features an piezoelectric ringer located on the back that makes a single high pitched tone.

== Input ==

It has a dial pad on the bottom which is pulse dialing only. Like other pulse only dial pads, * is mute, and # is redial.

There's a hook switch on the bottom so that when the phone is taken off the table, it goes off hook.

It features an RJ11 port on the back and came with a line cord which is half coiled.

[[Category:Rare Telephones]]

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-The '''Kenmore GP-865''' is a novelty telephone that reassembles a range with an oven, stovetop, and microwave. Manufactured in the early 1980s, it was sold as a marketing piece rather than an actual functional telephone.
+{{Infobox Landline Telephones|image1=Kenmore_GP-865.jpg|image1desc=From Jordan U|introduced=circa 1985|ringer=Piezoelectric}}
-{{Infobox Landline Telephones|image1=Kenmore_GP-865.jpg}}
+The '''Kenmore GP-865''' is a novelty telephone that reassembles a range with an oven, stovetop, and microwave. Manufactured in the early 1980s, it was sold as a marketing piece rather than an actual functional telephone. This telephone is quite rare, there is no known documentation online. The only known mentions of it on the public internet is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqSJaLmZag4 a Jordan U video] and [https://www.ebay.com/itm/358336211625 an eBay listing that sold on March 22, 2026].
+== Audio ==
+It has a speaker located on the microwave and a microphone on the front of the oven.
+The telephone features an piezoelectric ringer located on the back that makes a single high pitched tone.
+== Input ==
+It has a dial pad on the bottom which is pulse dialing only. Like other pulse only dial pads, * is mute, and # is redial.
+There's a hook switch on the bottom so that when the phone is taken off the table, it goes off hook.
+It features an RJ11 port on the back and came with a line cord which is half coiled.
+[[Category:Rare Telephones]]