This is one of my old phones from the 1990’s. I’ve listed this as parts or not working as I’ve not used it for nearly 30 years. It may power up. I’d guess the batteries must be no good by now.



It is an NEC P3.

It has a desk stand

Mains adapter

2 spare batteries

A car charger (clips on the base of the phone)

Two “Rubber Duck” antennas

And a genuine leather case.


I have three NEC P3’s for sale (One is badged as a BT phone), please see my other Retro vintage phone listings.


The NEC P3 became available on UK mobile phone networks in 1990, retailing for £500 under contract. NEC claimed that the P3 was the first truly personal pocket phone being small, reasonably light (compared to other phones) and with good battery life. It succeeded the NEC 9A, being smaller thanks to a reduction in the internal circuitry and battery size but offering an improved performance. The battery offered longer talk and standby times, the address book was extended to store up to 99 telephone numbers and associated names and it had a built in clock with an alarm feature.