The first touchscreen mobile phone is often credited to IBM, which introduced the Simon Personal Communicator in 1992. This revolutionary device combined a cellular phone with a touchscreen interface, allowing users to navigate through its features by simply tapping on the screen.
The Simon Personal Communicator featured a monochrome touch display and was equipped with functions such as email, contacts, calendar, and even a few simple applications. It was a significant advancement in mobile technology at the time, paving the way for modern smartphones.
While the technology was groundbreaking, it took several years for touchscreen mobile phones to become mainstream. Today, touchscreens are a standard feature on mobile devices, thanks to the developments that followed the early innovations of devices like IBM’s Simon.