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Devastated to see..' 50 years on, Mobile phone inventor Martin Cooper calls out people's smartphone addiction | Mint
Trends Phones - Simon Personal Communicator (SPC)🔥 The first smartphone, created by IBM, was invented in 1992 and released for purchase in 1994. It was called the Simon Personal Communicator (SPC). While
![November 23, 1992. IBM reveals a prototype touchscreen phone called Angler, which sends email and runs apps. It will be another three years before the consumer model, the "Simon", hits the market--and November 23, 1992. IBM reveals a prototype touchscreen phone called Angler, which sends email and runs apps. It will be another three years before the consumer model, the "Simon", hits the market--and](https://preview.redd.it/november-23-1992-ibm-reveals-a-prototype-touchscreen-phone-v0-wcmsmmwk7n1a1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cd96a2fecb8ca7da713bd5d10d7b2bfd7070d50e)