Trivia: What company revealed the world’s first smartphone in 1992?
Apple
IBM
Samsung
Compaq
The correct answer is IBM
So why is this answer correct? : IBM is best known as the PC king of the 1980s, but the company also had a go at the burgeoning smartphone market 15 years before the release of the iPhone. In 1992, IBM revealed the Simon, a phone with a digital touchscreen, built-in programs, and third-party apps. In fact, the Simon was so ahead of its time, it predated the word “smartphone,” which wasn’t coined until 1995.