In 1984: The First Portable Mobile Device entered the market Almost 40 years ago, Motorola debuted the DynaTAC 8000X – the first mobile phone. With a price tag of $4,000, it was never destined to become a must-have for the general population. It was clunky, weighing in at a whopping two pounds, earning its nickname "The Brick." Its battery life? 30 minutes. The DynaTAC 8000X was mostly a status symbol. Nonetheless, it represents a big step in the evolution of the smartphone. Do you remember the BIG Cellphones in the 1980s?

IBM announced the first smartphone in 1992, which wouldn't be available for purchase for two more years. The Simon Personal Communicator (or SPC, commonly called IBM Simon) included many features familiar to modern smartphone users, such as a touch screen that required a stylus (a what?). However, proper touch screens were still more than a few years into the future. However, with a small monochrome LCD screen and a one-hour battery life, the SPC was still relatively primitive compared to today's smartphones. Do you recall the "Simon"?

In 1994: The Earliest Form of Smartphone Apps IBM Simon finally hit the market in 1994. With a price tag of $1,100, it was significantly cheaper than the DynaTAC 8000X but only sold about 50,000 in its first six months. In addition, its use was pretty limited – it only worked in 15 U.S. states. And while it wasn't as bulky as earlier phones, the SPC was still big and boxy. One of the more revolutionary aspects of the SPC was that each phone came with a calendar, address book, calculator, email, notepad and other features. Mobile applications had arrived. Do you have a Mobile Phone or Smart Phone with these features?

1997 was the Start of Mobile Gaming: Do you love Wordle? Or is Roblox more your style? In 1997, your options for mobile gaming were much more limited. Starting that year, Nokia 6110 users could play Snake, a game developed by Finnish software engineer Taneli Armanto. It was a simple, family-friendly game, so people quickly became hooked. Snake started the mobile gaming industry, now worth over $152 billion. Ericsson coined the term "smartphone" in 1997 to describe their GS88, a prototype device that never reached the market – ten years before the iPhone's debut. Do you use your phone to play games?

Undoubtedly cell phone photography has infiltrated our lives in a way we couldn't have apprehended. And it is certainly here to stay. Because of this, it's hard to think back to a time when instant photo uploads weren't possible. Yet before the year 1997, they weren't. June 11th, in a hospital ward in North Carolina, a baby was born. Along with the baby, came the first photograph taken with and shared by a cell phone. Philippe Kahn, a software entrepreneur, was adamant to share the moment of his daughter's birth with family and friends instantly. He connected a digital camera with his flip cell phone using a wire he ripped out of his car telephone. With a few lines of code he had written on his laptop, the cell phone was connected. With the technology he created, Kahn was able to 'deliver' the photo instantly to more than 2,000 people. Their reactions were of confusion. People couldn't understand how Kahn took and shared a photo, yet he was still at the hospital. Until this day, the idea of taking and publishing photos while on the go hadn't been thought of. Do you consider the on the spot creation of a camera phone internet connection a touch of genius?