Abstract: A portable telephone comprising a CCD camera (8) for photographing an object, a sub-LCD (9), a memory (not shown) for storing information required for photographing, and a control means (not shown) for controlling the sub-LCD (9) to display the information required for photographing when the CCD camera (8) photographs the object, wherein the CCD camera (8) and the sub-LCD (9) are arranged on the same side of the case (1) so that display of the sub-LCD (9) can be confirmed visually from the photographing range of the CCD camera (8) even under a state where the case (1) and a case (2) are folded by 90°.