Mobile terminal

The invention provides a mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body having a front side and a rear side; a touch screen disposed at the front side; a battery; a battery cover (204) disposed at the rear side, the battery cover (204) having a first through hole and a second through hole; a camera (221') exposed to an outside of the terminal body at the first through hole of the battery cover (204); an rear input unit (232) provided at the rear side of the terminal body and configured to receive an input, the rear input unit (232) being located below the camera (221') and being exposed to an outside of the terminal body at the second through hole of the battery cover (204); and a controller configured to process the input of the rear input unit (232) as control commands for different functions according to operating states of the mobile terminal, wherein a first function to release a locked state of the mobile terminal is performed based on a first input applied to the rear input unit (232) in a locked state of the mobile terminal, and wherein a second function to capture an image through the camera (221') is performed based on a second input applied to the rear input unit (232) in a state that a camera preview screen is displayed on the touch screen.