Disclosed is a method for data transmission between terminals and a terminal. The method is applied between a first terminal and a second terminal, with a first capacitive touch screen set on the first terminal and a second capacitive touch screen set on the second terminal, and the method includes: the first terminal transforms the information to be transferred into binary data, then correspondingly applies a voltage to the electrodes involved in data transmission on the first capacitive touch screen and forms corresponding electric field distribution information; when the first capacitive touch screen contacts with the second capacitive touch screen, the second terminal decodes the information to be transferred according to the detected electric field distribution information currently on the first capacitive touch screen.