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aug 30, 1991 - IBM Simon

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The IBM Simon was the first phone with a touchscreen in 1992 — it's also referred as the first “smartphone,” though the term was not yet coined. A few competitors came out in the early '90s, but most mobile devices with touchscreens were more like PDAs.

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aug 30, 1991
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~ 34 years ago