Mitsubishi MT-3 Transportable
1989
(The best condition we have ever seen one of these)
This Analogue Mitsubishi MT-3 transportable phone is becoming a rare collectable item. Valued at £400-£600 depending upon condition. It is extremely difficult to source these phones in excellent condition. This one is supplied with its original instructions. The phone is in very good condition for a phone 20 yrs + old and really has been looked after. The package would make an ideal retro gift. This is a wonderful piece for someone’s collection.
Please note: Due to the age of used batteries we cannot offer any form of warranty with them. They can be up to 20 years old. We check that the phone powers up the phone but have now way of testing how long the battery will perform for. We therefore recommend to get the best performance from your phone is to purchase a new battery.
MITSUBISHI COMES OUT WITH UPMARKET, COMPACT BUT PRICEY - CELLULAR PHONES
Published:12-September-1989
By Computergram
Mitsubishi Telecommunications, part of the Hatfield, Hertfordshire-based Electronics Division of Mitsubishi Electric UK Ltd, intends to increase its modest 3.1% share of the mobile cellular phone market with the new MT-4 range of transmobile and transportable telephones. The heart of the range is the MT-4 transceiver, a full ETACS channel phone operating in radio classes 2 and 3 - its strength, says Mitsubishi, is its compactness at 8.1" by 4.6" by 1.1". The MT-4 is available in three forms: a dedicated mobile phone, which for price reasons Mitsubishi does not see competing in the same market as the cheaper Motorola product; a transportable and a dedicated in-car installation - a "transmobile". These last two products are the ones in which Mitsubishi is putting most faith. The features offered are in themselves nothing new, such as 99 memory locations, auto store, memory scan, electronic and delayed locking and so on. The point is that Mitsubishi has incorporated these into a small size, light weight 4 lbs 3 oz package - as one of the demonstrators pointed out, "a portable phone, not a hernia phone". The other selling point is a 28 hour standby time battery life, with Mitsubishi supplying two batteries with the kits, and a call time of two hours which is surpassed only by the heavier Philips product. The MT-4, manufactured by Mitsubishi at its Japanese plant in Osaka, is intended to help the firm towards its stated objective of capturing 10% of the cellular phone market: the products are available now, with recommended retail prices of UKP1,000 for the mobile MT-4, UKP1,125 for the transportable, and UKP1,250 for the transmobile: but these figures will undoubtedly prove flexible.
