Cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities characterized in that the cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities includes a shooting section for shooting a picture, a reclosable lens cover for protecting the shooting lens of the shooting section, detecting means for detecting opening/closing of the lens cover, a memory for storing information on presetting of a plurality of modes where various features are set, and a controller for switching to a preset mode among a plurality of modes stored in the memory on detecting that the lens cover is open. This provides easy-to-use cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities in both the cell phone mode and the camera mode without causing misunderstanding or unnecessary guard on the side of others in photography shooting.
A multifunctional mobile phone includes a control system, a keypad (3) with a switch (31) comprising a "self-take pictures" position, a camera module (4) with an image sensor and a "self-take pictures" state, a timer connected to the camera module, and a housing (2) for receiving the control system, the keypad, the camera module and the timer therein. The switch, the camera module and the timer are connected to and controlled by the control system. When the owner of the multifunctional mobile phone cannot answer an incoming call, the camera module takes a picture automatically and sends it to the caller together with a word message after a prearranged time. Then the caller will hang up the phone. Thus the multifunctional mobile phone will not make endless noise.
