A portable electronic device includes a communication request receiving unit which receives a communication request from another communication device, a display unit which displays an image based on image data, an input unit which is provided to overlap with the display unit and detects an input of a user, a determination unit which determines whether the image is being displayed on the display unit when the communication request receiving unit receives the communication request, an input determination unit which determines whether a predetermined input is detected by the input unit when the determination unit determines that the image is being displayed, and a display control unit which displays information for starting a communication with the other communication device on the display unit when the predetermined input is detected by the input unit.