The present invention relates to a portable terminal apparatus with a telephone function such as a portable telephone, and devises mounting of a camera module so as to combine multifunctionality and miniaturization in a high level. It includes a chassis, a camera module including a lens and an image pickup device, a circuit board placed and fixed on the chassis and a camera holder supporting the camera module and fixed on the circuit board to be on the chassis together with the circuit board, where the camera holder has an opening for the camera module to look in and a wall section surrounding the opening and surrounding a side face of the camera module to support the camera module.