Sliding type mobile terminal

A sliding type mobile terminal, comprising:

• a first housing having on a surface thereof a vertically long display part in a vertical direction;
• a second housing having on a surface thereof an operating part;
• a slide mechanism slidably coupling the first housing and the second housing;
• and
• a support mechanism supporting the first housing in a manner that makes the first housing switchable between a vertically long state and a horizontally long state relative to the second housing,
• wherein the slide mechanism is provided with a rail part mounted to extend in the vertical direction on the surface of the second housing such that the operating part of the second housing appears when the first housing is slidingly moved toward an upper end side of the second housing, and
• wherein the support mechanism includes,
• a curved horizontal guide groove extending substantially in a horizontal direction, and curved in a moderately convex form, and
• a vertical guide groove provided independently from the curved horizontal guide groove, without merging the curved horizontal guide groove, and extending substantially in the vertical direction.