Telephone comprising a perfected control keypad

The invention proposes a telephone (10), notably of the GSM type, which has a control device, consisting notably of a keypad (24) with keys (22) able to move overall vertically in an independent manner between an idle position and an actuation position, the individual actuation of which makes it possible to key in a combination of alphanumeric characters, notably a telephone number and a control device for controlling the movement of a cursor (36), or the scrolling of a menu on a display screen (32), characterized in that at least one of said dialing keys (22) is a multifunction key (40, 42, 44, 46) whose actuation according to a first mode makes it possible to dial, and whose actuation according to a second mode makes it possible to control the movement of the cursor (36).