Portable electronic equipment and a charger for portable electronic equipment allowing portable electronic equipment placed in the charger to be compact as small as possible and easy removal of the portable electronic equipment from the charger. The portable electronic equipment has engagement recesses formed on side portions of the equipment housing at positions separated from other end of the equipment housing in such a way that, when the other end of the equipment housing is pushed down in a state, it is placed in and held by the charger, one end of the equipment housing is pivoted about the engagement projections, moving upward and producing a moment sufficient to disengage the engagement of the engagement latch from the engagement hole. The charger has engagement projections formed at positions where they engage with the engagement recesses which are formed on of the portable electronic equipment.