The Tech Revolution of Mobile Gaming Explained Share Many are not aware, but the first mobile phone was invented in 1973 by Motorola researcher Martin Cooper. It weighed 2.4lb, and you could only use it for half an hour. Thus, at that time, no one even considered the concept of implementing game technology on such a device, anytime soon. Today, phones have advanced to a point where they shouldn’t even have the word phone in their name, as they are so much more. Nowadays, there are more than 2.4 billion mobile games in circulation, and they account for more than 51% of the worldwide gaming market. They come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from first-person-shooters to games of chance offering all types of casino bonuses.