Electronic device and display control method

A display control method of an electronic device that includes a first display unit and a second display unit that differs from the first display unit in at least one of a type, a driving method to perform a display control, and a mode of driving to perform the display control, and that displays a plurality of functions using the first display unit and the second display unit, the display control method comprising:

• an acquiring step of acquiring a change request to change a mode of the electronic device from a first display mode in which a first function is displayed to a second display mode in which a second function that is different from the first function is displayed;
• and
• a display changing step of changing from the first display mode to the second display mode, and of changing display contents of the first display unit and the second display unit, based on the change request that is acquired at the acquiring step, wherein
• the display changing unit changes, when the change request is made, the mode of the electronic device to a preparation mode in which only the display contents of the second display unit are changed to a display to inform transition to the second display mode without changing display contents of the first display unit on which the first function is displayed, and thereafter changing the display contents of the first display unit.