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{{Infobox Landline Telephones|image1=Kenmore_GP-865.jpg|image1desc=Credits: Jordan U|introduced=circa 1985|ringer=Piezoelectric}} | {{Infobox Landline Telephones|image1=Kenmore_GP-865.jpg|image1desc=Credits: Jordan U|introduced=circa 1985|ringer=Piezoelectric}} | ||
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]. | 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]. | ||
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There's a hook switch on the bottom so that when the phone is taken off the table, it goes off hook. | 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 | It features an RJ11 port on the back and came with a line cord that is half coiled. | ||
[[Category:Rare Telephones]] | [[Category:Rare Telephones]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:00, 30 May 2026
| Introduced | circa 1985
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| Ringer | Piezoelectric |
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 a Jordan U video and 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 that is half coiled.