Patent ID: 8255019

Claim:
A slidable portable electronic device comprising a first cabinet and a second cabinet slidably coupled on a surface of the first cabinet, the first cabinet comprising: an operating unit and/or a display unit provided on a first area of a surface of the first cabinet, the first area being exposed in an opened state which is set by slidingly moving the second cabinet in the opening direction with respect to the first cabinet; a through-hole formed extending to an inner space from a second area of the surface of the first cabinet, the second area remaining unexposed in the opened state; a microphone having a sound collecting face and provided on the inner space side of the first cabinet, with the sound collecting face facing the through-hole; and a gap formed between the first cabinet and the second cabinet and communicating with the through-hole, wherein said slidable portable electronic device includes a sealing member and a waterproof sheet covering a second through-hole, wherein said waterproof sheet prevents water from penetrating said second through-hole in the event water is penetrated through said first through-hole.