A mobile phone includes an external power supply terminal receiving power
from the external power supply, a secondary battery charging at least
part of the received power and supplying the charged power to a load, a
radio circuit receiving power from the secondary battery and allowing
transmission power to be varied, and a control portion detecting the
transmission power level of the radio circuit and switching to any of a
plurality of charge modes having different time periods for charging the
secondary battery, based on the detected transmission power level.