A mobile communication device, comprising: a housing device formed such that it is seizable with one hand, a display device integrated in the housing device for providing an image reproduction surface, a control device for driving the display device such that, in an input mode, it provides an input graphic, which supports the execution of an input event, and an input device for executing the input event in accordance with manual input actions, wherein the input device is formed such that during intended handling of the device an input zone is provided in a region located in front of the display device, within which input operations may be executed by a user in that the user executes control movements toward the housing device with his free hand without touching the display device or the communication device with this hand, wherein the communication device is formed such that the length and the width of the dimension of the virtual input plane provided for executing the input operations by means of the operating hand is greater than the length and the width of the display device, characterized in that the input device comprises an electrode structure for detecting the input operations on the basis of field-electric interaction effects, wherein the input device comprises a first, a second and a third receiving electrode (11, 12, 13), and in that by means of differences of the field-electric events present at these electrodes (11, 12, 13) the position of the operating hand and/or the transverse, longitudinal and/or depth movement of the operating hand toward the communication device are detected, and in that the input device comprises an excitation electrode, which serves as a transmitting electrode and generates an electric field in a forward-facing region located in front of the communication device, wherein the excitation electrode is arranged such that it emits the excitation field frontally forward-facing. a housing device formed such that it is seizable with one hand, a display device integrated in the housing device for providing an image reproduction surface, a control device for driving the display device such that, in an input mode, it provides an input graphic, which supports the execution of an input event, and an input device for executing the input event in accordance with manual input actions, wherein the input device is formed such that during intended handling of the device an input zone is provided in a region located in front of the display device, within which input operations may be executed by a user in that the user executes control movements toward the housing device with his free hand without touching the display device or the communication device with this hand, wherein the communication device is formed such that the length and the width of the dimension of the virtual input plane provided for executing the input operations by means of the operating hand is greater than the length and the width of the display device, characterized in that the input device comprises an electrode structure for detecting the input operations on the basis of field-electric interaction effects, wherein the input device comprises a first, a second and a third receiving electrode (11, 12, 13), and in that by means of differences of the field-electric events present at these electrodes (11, 12, 13) the position of the operating hand and/or the transverse, longitudinal and/or depth movement of the operating hand toward the communication device are detected, and in that the input device comprises an excitation electrode, which serves as a transmitting electrode and generates an electric field in a forward-facing region located in front of the communication device, wherein the excitation electrode is arranged such that it emits the excitation field frontally forward-facing.