What would we do without it?
The text message is celebrating its 30th birthday.
The first SMS was sent from one mobile phone to another on this day (3rd December) in 1992.
Neil Papworth was a British engineer who sent the first message to a colleague at Vodafone.
And the message read: "Merry Christmas"
The message was received by a phone that weighed 2 kilos - which is roughly the same weight as 12 iPhone 14s!
Although today there are many competitors like WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Facebook Messenger, text messages still play a big role in many of our daily lives.
According to Infobip, almost one in three send and receive SMS messages every day.
