The invention relates to an apparatus for holding and making contact with a radio telephone, having an elongate, cuboidal housing with a contact unit which is located at one housing end and has contact-making and/or connecting elements, the contact unit of the radio telephone interacting with a pivotable mating contact unit (29) of a holder (20) for the radio telephone, and it being possible for the radio telephone to be positioned and/or plugged, by way of its contact unit, on the mating contact unit (29) of the holder (20) and to be pivoted therewith through a pivot angle. Provision is made here for the holder (20) to be adapted, in particular, to the longitudinal dimension of the housing of the radio telephone.