What did the first ever text message (SMS) say?

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It's a two-word message.
It's a holiday greeting.
It's what people say to each other on 25 December.

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Answer: Merry Christmas

On 3 December 1992, engineer Neil Papworth sent "Merry Christmas" from his computer to the mobile phone of Vodafone executive Richard Jarvis, who was at an office Christmas party. Jarvis couldn't reply because phones back then couldn't type messages yet. In 2021, that first text was sold as an NFT for about €107,000.

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