Input device and electronic apparatus

An electronic apparatus, comprising:

• a capacitive element;
• a conductor configured to electrostatically couple to the capacitive element;
• an operation portion configured to apply a load to the conductor;
• a retaining portion configured to retain the conductor apart from the capacitive element, wherein
• the retaining portion comprises a plurality of elastic portions,
• each of the plurality of elastic portions has different thicknesses,
• each of the plurality of elastic portions has different deformation resistances against the load applied to the conductor through the operation portion,
• the plurality of elastic portions is configured to deform at different timings based on an increase in the load applied to the conductor,
• a first elastic portion having a smallest thickness among the plurality of elastic portions is elastically deformed at a first timing based on the applied load,
• a second elastic portion having a largest thickness among the plurality of elastic portions is elastically deformed at a second timing subsequent to the first timing based on the applied load;
• displace the conductor with respect to the capacitive element in a stepwise manner in accordance with the load that is applied to the conductor through the operation portion;
• and
• retain the conductor at a plurality of positions with respect to the capacitive element based on the different deformation resistances of the plurality of elastic portions against the load applied to the conductor;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• detect a plurality of different capacitance change amounts of the capacitive element at the plurality of positions of the conductor with respect to the capacitive element;
• and
• output different signals corresponding to the plurality of different capacitance change amounts.