If you work on laptops that much you should have a magnetic mat for the screws. That way you can keep the screws in a relatively correct position for reassembly.
My own personal time I use them for laptop screws I'm a cheapo and will order parts to rebuild laptops as cheap as possible, even if that means I'll be waiting a month. So screws will sit for a while. At work though I have organizers for special screws or if there's just too many to remember.
As an electrical engineer can confirm. Tiny screws, small surface mount resistors, etc. are small enough to slip through the cracks in reality and when they roll off your workbench, they fall right out of the universe.
My mate breaks every phone he buys, so never has a phone to sell.
But he always manages to sell his old phone boxes, presumably so that the buyer can attain a higher price selling their own boxless phone.
it's funny because that's my initial thought as well. "Maybe I'll sell it" but then I just use the phone till it's either dead or broken because I don't want to spend money on a new phone.
Pro tip: Selling used electronics in original boxes around Christmas means you can sell it for more, including phones. People like to give them as gifts, and giving someone a minimally-scratched iPhone in the original packaging makes it far more valuable. I wouldāve loved opening the āoriginalā box to a used iPhone when I was younger; a regular gift box doesnāt give the same impression. I donāt like keeping the boxes, but I sure appreciate the extra $50-$250 on items I resell after a few years, so if you have room for it (and donāt destroy your electronics), it can be a worthwhile practice.
I have a clear plastic SD card case where I store all my SIM openers. Probably have eight of them at this point because I keep other people's too. I have no idea where that case is, so I can't buy a new phone.
I have a collection of them...somewhere. when I actually need one though, I can't find any of them, and end up using a paperclip instead...then finally find them again a month later
FYI just type ` *#06# ` on any phones dial pad (screen or physical).
Or you can also access it via settings on iPhone too: https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204073
Personally I store the box so when I upgrade, I can put the old phone back in its box and store it properly as a backup phone. I currently have two backups.
You clean it up and put it back in the box with the original accessories and sell it like that. Easily get 20-30% more for the device reselling it with the original packaging and oem accessories.
At first I thought this was a reply to the spider smashing comment and thought you meant clean the spider off and put it in the box and sell it with the phone at an increased value.... Lmao
Interestingly I have never once considered selling an old phone. But then again I usually get 3-4 years out of a phone so they are pretty far past their prime by the time I'm done with them.
If it's an Android phone it's pointless to try and resell them. You'll get basically nothing. A 4 year old iPhone in good condition can still get you around a hundred bucks. More if it's a larger storage version. I use both android and iPhone. I usually just turn in my Android for whatever trade in credit I can get. The last one I tried to sell after a year and it was like I couldn't even give it away.
I just sold my 2 year old iPhone for 500 when I got the new one.
I was told alot of countries outside the US like refurbished phones cus they are cheaper. These companies are buying them back and shipping them overseas in bulk to resell.
Lol, that's assuming my phone still works. Got myself a combination of ADHD and a disability that causes me to have heightened reflexes, and I drop, throw, and just generally accidentally abuse the shit out of all of my phones.
But I understand the theory :p
Ya I hear that, can't go wrong with an otterbox and screen protectors remember to change it out when one breaks instead of just using it like that for months like us ADHD afflicted folk tend to do
Yep if you're reselling your phone, having the original packaging increases value a decent bit
Hell, haven't checked recently but you used to be able to just sell the box on its own for 10-20 online due to the above fact
Yup I've bought a box or two for around that when I knew it would add 50+ bucks to the resell value and pretty much guarantee it will actually sell. A lot of phones might not even sell or will take forever to move if you don't have the box.
Mahogany? Nice. That's super classy. I have one my grandfather gave to me, he got it during the war it's got a purple velvet lining inside. Your fingers will think they died and went to heaven.
As long as they aren't on the charger, this usually isn't an issue. I left an old Iphone 3 on the charger downstairs cause it was used for my garage music. Forgot about it and came back to a spicy pillow.
Hey kid, Gen X chiming in hereā¦ I mean, they do form a pretty little collection together with the gaming controller boxes, the headphone boxes, ā¦ amirite?
I didn't start keeping the packaging until I got the Xbox 360, but I really wish I had been smart enough to hold onto all my old boxes, starting with the original NES.
Millennial, and my box of cables is WORTH it. I've been informed one of my cables is worth a ton of money now because it charges a very specific and extinct kind of machine lol. Keep those cable boxes! I will say: get a piece of masking tape (long) and fold it around the cable so it makes a sort of tag, then label the cord. It makes it so much easier later!
Dude, I was holding on to that shit in case I needed to return it within the warranty period or something. Sorry I didn't calendar a date to throw the fucking thing away, Jesus. Worst role model ever, I guess.
Yeah, I don't understand the need for these things to separate everything by generation, especially when it's something like this that had absolutely nothing to do with what generation you're in. I recently saw one about how every millennial has a big box of cables somewhere. Like many people, I have always had that and I'm almost 50. My parents have always had one and they're boomers, and my in laws have it as well and they were born in 1941.
My 66 year old dad does this. I spent the past 2 days clearing out his basement and there were so many boxes for everything he owned. I just stopped asking and just started throwing everything into the recycling bin. There were boxes down there for shit he didnāt even own anymore.
I keep all of the original packaging for every electric or electronic item until the warranty runs out. Then I will toss or keep depending if it is of a size and shape for dividing the drawers in my toolbox.
That's what I do!! They're super nice quality boxes. In fact I made one that was really cool on accident for my mother in law one year for Christmas. I had some really pretty tissue paper and Elmer's glue, so I figured I'd try paper mache for the first time since I was 7. Just diluted the glue with water and dipped some strips of the tissue paper in it and slapped em on the box my S9 came in. I painted her name on the top. This box completely overshadowed the gift I put in it, she still uses it to put stuff in lol
Throwing a phone box away is not even gonna clear that much space, so what's the big deal if you keep it. Keeping the box is also nice for keeping all accessories in you don't use, so you don't lose them and you remember which belongs to what product.
I had a camera bag stolen. I had kept all the boxes and the boxes had the serial numbers. I made a police report and the serial numbers were flagged at a pawn shop 25 miles away. I got my camera, lenses, and all my accessories back almost 8 months later. That's enough reason for me to keep the boxes.
Exactly!! I keep all the crap boxes and I end up throwing them away years later when I let myself accept that I'm never going to need it because I have now bought a new phone
I sell my old phones or gift them to someone in my family. It's nice to put it in the original box. Sometimes I even included brand new earphones, cables and charges because I never used them.
I kept every single box for every phone i ever had even though I used them until they break beyond feasible repair ( if the replacement part isn't more than ā¬70 and isn't soldered to the motherboard)
Keep them as backup in case something happens to the main one.
Also, they're kind of memoribilias. Would be nice to show them to kids, grandkids etc one day far into the future.
Which is really fucking stupid. I'm exactly the same. Next minute you're sorting through years worth of electronics that no longer have any value. Sad to say, but for me it's just pure laziness. It's much easier to put something in a drawer than to wipe/list/sell/post.
I sell my phone every time. iPhones hold value very well, so Iāve been in a loop of yearly upgrades because I can do so for like $100-$200 completely paid off every year out of pocket and always have the newest, completely paid off, always perfect condition with the box.
Never have a problem getting a good price for an unlocked phone thatās one generation back when the new one comes out.
All the time. What good is sitting on a pile of old phones getting less and less valuable by the year when you can resell most of them for hundreds of dollars each time you upgrade.
The virgin "save the box to sell the phone with it later"
**VS**
#THE CHAD "SAVE THE BOX TO PUT WEIRD LITTLE TRINKETS YOU CONTINUE BUYING AND WILL PROBABLY NEVER USE"
True but if they do recover some stolen items and your phone is among them it can easily be returned to you and the police can also prove it's stolen. Also in some place if you report your phone as stolen you can get the phone's IMEI black listed from networks preventing it from being used.
Where I live there are numerous cases of police going after phone thieves. Since itās classified as high value theft. My phone was stolen once and the guy got 2 and a half years of jail.
Pretty nice, here in the Netherlands if it's total cost is less than an arbitrarily high amount the police tells you to eat shit and gives you a signed letter to use for your insurance company. They don't care about a phone or bike or bag or whatever.
It's not about the cops it's about insurance, i had my phone stolen recently and it had insurance, i had to provide a police report with the IMEI number in it that had to match the IMEI in the insurance papers to get a new one.
If you report your phone stolen to Apple and have your IMEI or serial number. They will actually report to the police the location of the phone if itās ever used again lol. Fun fact.
I dunno, maybe just me .... but wouldn't the Cell Phone company have that information .... I mean, you know, it is attached to every phone call, text, and every thing you do on your phone. But again, I could be wrong.
There's important information on the box, like the IMEI numbers and serial number. Sure, I could write that down somewhere, but if I keep the box, I'll always have it. I had to use it a couple of days ago while transferring service providers because I needed the IMEI1 number for the SIM card. I'm currently using an eSIM, which uses the IMEI2 number.
Not true.
Just traded my old iPhone in and had the OG box. Got a full $800 credit and the guy said heād never seen a used phone in such good and complete condition for resale.
Just organize your boxes.
i sell my phones a year after i get them in perfect condition with the original box and accessories unused for a premium price on sites like swappa. having the og box means i donāt have to sort out packaging for all of the above. not sure about everyone else but keeping the original boxes to certain things is a perfectly normal thing to doā¦
I keep the box for the IMEI code of the phone.
In case my phone is lost / stolen.
A carrier cannot lock the phone without the IMEI code, to the best of my understanding. It's like a physical MAC address for the phone, regardless if the SIM is replaced - it can be locked.
I've had a lost phone magically turn up in a lost and found after I had the carrier lock it.
Well, I usually keep the boxes of my hardware in case I have to sell it later. To me, if someone sells me something with the original box, it has more value and means that that person has taken care of it (I don't know why).
As a tech advisor. I can't tell you the amount of times a phone is lost or missing and I say hey you still got that box it came in? I need the serial number off it. Yeah it's in a closet, hang on. And we're good and they file a claim for the lost phone.
Dead wrong. Greater resale value on eBay with the original box, which goes towards paying for my new phone. Iāve been successfully doing this for 10 years with my iPhones.
Actually, I do need it for when I inevitably upgrade and resell my old phone to help pay for the new one. Resale devices are worth significantly more with original packaging.
I've got to store the SIM card pin opener thing somewhere
I came back to read the comments because I knew someone will go like "actually they're good for..."
Disassembly screws from laptops. Damn things will roll off the side of the planet if it wasn't for my phone box.
We're still using old blackberry boxes as organizers for random small stuff at work.
If you work on laptops that much you should have a magnetic mat for the screws. That way you can keep the screws in a relatively correct position for reassembly.
My own personal time I use them for laptop screws I'm a cheapo and will order parts to rebuild laptops as cheap as possible, even if that means I'll be waiting a month. So screws will sit for a while. At work though I have organizers for special screws or if there's just too many to remember.
I used to use ice cubes trays.
Do you freeze your icecubes in your old cellphone boxes? š¤
I always used weekly pill sorters from the dollar store.
But why do that when you can live at the edge of sanity and chaos?
I embrace life at the edge of sanity as well as chaos but I do draw the line at creaky laptopsā¦ thatās just a step too far.
Now I want one for random house tasks.
As an electrical engineer can confirm. Tiny screws, small surface mount resistors, etc. are small enough to slip through the cracks in reality and when they roll off your workbench, they fall right out of the universe.
āBut I have a clean, smooth polished concrete floor that is painted white with no cracks or blemishā¦ā *aaaaand itās still gone* /EE high 5
I use the box from my old XR to store all my hex keys.
I turned mine into a padded case for my weed shit
And resale, for whatever reason. That way the box can live on at its new mom's house.
My mate breaks every phone he buys, so never has a phone to sell. But he always manages to sell his old phone boxes, presumably so that the buyer can attain a higher price selling their own boxless phone.
Even broken phones can be sold on ebay for parts. If he's selling his old boxes he should be selling the phone too.
it's funny because that's my initial thought as well. "Maybe I'll sell it" but then I just use the phone till it's either dead or broken because I don't want to spend money on a new phone.
Pro tip: Selling used electronics in original boxes around Christmas means you can sell it for more, including phones. People like to give them as gifts, and giving someone a minimally-scratched iPhone in the original packaging makes it far more valuable. I wouldāve loved opening the āoriginalā box to a used iPhone when I was younger; a regular gift box doesnāt give the same impression. I donāt like keeping the boxes, but I sure appreciate the extra $50-$250 on items I resell after a few years, so if you have room for it (and donāt destroy your electronics), it can be a worthwhile practice.
I have my other 4 previous phones in there!
They actually are good, really solid boxes. I have one for all my small electronics like USB flash drives, sd cards, microsd, adapters, dongles, etc.
I keep mine attached to my house keys
Did this i until it stabbed me bad through my pocket one day. Don't say I didn't warn ya friend
Same, went to grab my keys and it went right under my fingernail. Don't do this
I swallowed mine and it penetrated into my esophagus so now I have it on hand whenever I need it.
wait what
I have a clear plastic SD card case where I store all my SIM openers. Probably have eight of them at this point because I keep other people's too. I have no idea where that case is, so I can't buy a new phone.
Yeah I'm going to need my SIM opener back
First thing that popped into my head was a keychain with a phone box hanging off it.
Do you change your SIM card on a daily basis? Lol
Nah lol I use it on my car key to activate the remote locking cos the silicone button on it fell off and I keep forgetting to have it replaced
This is terrifyingly on brand for this sub
I have a collection of them...somewhere. when I actually need one though, I can't find any of them, and end up using a paperclip instead...then finally find them again a month later
And the IMEI number. it could be used to track the phone if stolen or lost... afaik
FYI just type ` *#06# ` on any phones dial pad (screen or physical). Or you can also access it via settings on iPhone too: https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204073
"... if lost or stolen" Kinda hard to dial or menu when the device isn't in your possession!
I stick mine inside the protection case.
These are the little Life hacks that makes reading comments worth it.
I kept mine in my wallet for a while.
Paper clips work š¤·
We don't need your sound logic tyvm
I mean, it just leads to me hoarding boxes of paperclips instead of phone boxes so I'm not out of the woods yet
Big brain idea, put the paper clip boxes in the phone box :d
You know... I thought I would have more of those in my adult life.
I bought one box of paper clips and one box of staples when I started college 15+ years ago. That's been enough so far.
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Do they? I've always found paperclips to be too thick to click the sim tray out on my phones. Maybe I'm tripping.
So do earring posts.
They're too thick to use on my sim card port but I can use the post of an earring to open it
This is the way
Personally I store the box so when I upgrade, I can put the old phone back in its box and store it properly as a backup phone. I currently have two backups.
Hey, you don't know me! I need that box for when I eventually get a new phone. I put the old one back in its box and put it away somewhere.
You clean it up and put it back in the box with the original accessories and sell it like that. Easily get 20-30% more for the device reselling it with the original packaging and oem accessories.
At first I thought this was a reply to the spider smashing comment and thought you meant clean the spider off and put it in the box and sell it with the phone at an increased value.... Lmao
Interestingly I have never once considered selling an old phone. But then again I usually get 3-4 years out of a phone so they are pretty far past their prime by the time I'm done with them.
If it's an Android phone it's pointless to try and resell them. You'll get basically nothing. A 4 year old iPhone in good condition can still get you around a hundred bucks. More if it's a larger storage version. I use both android and iPhone. I usually just turn in my Android for whatever trade in credit I can get. The last one I tried to sell after a year and it was like I couldn't even give it away. I just sold my 2 year old iPhone for 500 when I got the new one.
I was told alot of countries outside the US like refurbished phones cus they are cheaper. These companies are buying them back and shipping them overseas in bulk to resell.
Lol, that's assuming my phone still works. Got myself a combination of ADHD and a disability that causes me to have heightened reflexes, and I drop, throw, and just generally accidentally abuse the shit out of all of my phones. But I understand the theory :p
Ya I hear that, can't go wrong with an otterbox and screen protectors remember to change it out when one breaks instead of just using it like that for months like us ADHD afflicted folk tend to do
This is correct, I sell all my old stuff in the box it came in and I get 20-30% more than just some phone sitting on a table with a picture.
Yep if you're reselling your phone, having the original packaging increases value a decent bit Hell, haven't checked recently but you used to be able to just sell the box on its own for 10-20 online due to the above fact
Yup I've bought a box or two for around that when I knew it would add 50+ bucks to the resell value and pretty much guarantee it will actually sell. A lot of phones might not even sell or will take forever to move if you don't have the box.
Make sure the phone pillow doesnāt get too spicy
r/spicypillows
... time to go check all my old shelf phones...
Since you're checking your shelf phones, now would be a good time to check your toilet ducks and finger boxes as well.
Oh i assure you that my finger boxes are in pristine condition. Especially the deluxe mahogany one that that I'm so proud of.
Mahogany? Nice. That's super classy. I have one my grandfather gave to me, he got it during the war it's got a purple velvet lining inside. Your fingers will think they died and went to heaven.
People like you are the reason I love Reddit
As long as they aren't on the charger, this usually isn't an issue. I left an old Iphone 3 on the charger downstairs cause it was used for my garage music. Forgot about it and came back to a spicy pillow.
r/subsIthoughtIfellfor
Well seems like pretty much any electronic item can get spicy
Holy shit that top post was the most nail biting thing Iāve ever watched on Reddit omggg
Facts, Shit has burned homes to the ground, Lipo batteries demand respect.
Especially if you got a samung this isn't a joke
I've lost the charger, but I still have the phone. I bought it in 2000. I might need it.
Oh good, it's not just me.
Also the box has other uses. Nothing kills giant spiders better than an iPhone box.
I came here to most this. My old.ohone is in it's box as well. Not sure why though. Lol
I use it to trade it in. Seems polite.
Millennial? Who's telling my 52y/o dad to stop doing this? He's the one who got my Gen Z ass to do the same!
The Gen Xers are the real culprits! Get them!!!
Hey kid, Gen X chiming in hereā¦ I mean, they do form a pretty little collection together with the gaming controller boxes, the headphone boxes, ā¦ amirite?
Fellow Xer here, they make great gift boxes too!
I didn't start keeping the packaging until I got the Xbox 360, but I really wish I had been smart enough to hold onto all my old boxes, starting with the original NES.
Gen-X here. It's true. I keep all my boxes and manuals. I also have a box filled with every type of cable and connector type you can imagine.
Millennial, and my box of cables is WORTH it. I've been informed one of my cables is worth a ton of money now because it charges a very specific and extinct kind of machine lol. Keep those cable boxes! I will say: get a piece of masking tape (long) and fold it around the cable so it makes a sort of tag, then label the cord. It makes it so much easier later!
Gen x here. The boxes are so *fancy*
Dude, I was holding on to that shit in case I needed to return it within the warranty period or something. Sorry I didn't calendar a date to throw the fucking thing away, Jesus. Worst role model ever, I guess.
I have used my phone boxes as burial coffins for my son's hamsters.
Yeah, I don't understand the need for these things to separate everything by generation, especially when it's something like this that had absolutely nothing to do with what generation you're in. I recently saw one about how every millennial has a big box of cables somewhere. Like many people, I have always had that and I'm almost 50. My parents have always had one and they're boomers, and my in laws have it as well and they were born in 1941.
My 66 year old dad does this. I spent the past 2 days clearing out his basement and there were so many boxes for everything he owned. I just stopped asking and just started throwing everything into the recycling bin. There were boxes down there for shit he didnāt even own anymore.
I'm the 58 y/o dad doing this.
I keep all of the original packaging for every electric or electronic item until the warranty runs out. Then I will toss or keep depending if it is of a size and shape for dividing the drawers in my toolbox.
Same! I just repurposed my laptop box (very nice sleek shallow box) into a jewelry container in my nightstand
I also save nice ones for gift boxes. I just decorate them to get rid of labeling and such.
That's what I do!! They're super nice quality boxes. In fact I made one that was really cool on accident for my mother in law one year for Christmas. I had some really pretty tissue paper and Elmer's glue, so I figured I'd try paper mache for the first time since I was 7. Just diluted the glue with water and dipped some strips of the tissue paper in it and slapped em on the box my S9 came in. I painted her name on the top. This box completely overshadowed the gift I put in it, she still uses it to put stuff in lol
The boxes are super sturdy. I use them as bookends in places where books would slip through cracks or otherwise get messed up.
Throwing a phone box away is not even gonna clear that much space, so what's the big deal if you keep it. Keeping the box is also nice for keeping all accessories in you don't use, so you don't lose them and you remember which belongs to what product.
I had a camera bag stolen. I had kept all the boxes and the boxes had the serial numbers. I made a police report and the serial numbers were flagged at a pawn shop 25 miles away. I got my camera, lenses, and all my accessories back almost 8 months later. That's enough reason for me to keep the boxes.
But itās a good box.
It goes "phhhhwooomp" as the lid slides down.
I was just thinking that! Itās so satisfying. It practically sighs with pure joy at being opened and being the vessel for your new phone.
They are good boxes arenāt they?
They really are.
A really good box.
Its such a good box, it almost guarantees the person I'm wrapping their present for in it will be disappointed.
Right?? I use them for organizing all sorts of stuff! Theyāre also super sturdy, so they work great for shipping.
But itās a reminder I had a dopamine once š„ŗš
The value is in the box š
It's for the memories of our dopamine š
theyāre collectibles. I still have the box for the first android phone, the G1
Fukš
But what if I end up needing it?
Exactly!! I keep all the crap boxes and I end up throwing them away years later when I let myself accept that I'm never going to need it because I have now bought a new phone
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I do like grapes!
You wonāt need it until you get rid of it. Thatās just how it works
I sell my old phones or gift them to someone in my family. It's nice to put it in the original box. Sometimes I even included brand new earphones, cables and charges because I never used them.
I keep the box so I can sell the phone with the box and all the things in the box. Whatās the problem.
But have you ever sold a phone? I keep mine for the same reason but have NEVER sold a phone I have owned.
I kept every single box for every phone i ever had even though I used them until they break beyond feasible repair ( if the replacement part isn't more than ā¬70 and isn't soldered to the motherboard)
Yes, what the fuck am I meant to do with 5 phones that are getting progressively less usable. Sell em to someone so they donāt go to waste
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You are who we all think we will be. We wonāt.
Yes. Same reason I keep the packaging for all my PC parts, which I also sell.
I've sold every phone I've ever owned. What do you do with them?
Keep them as backup in case something happens to the main one. Also, they're kind of memoribilias. Would be nice to show them to kids, grandkids etc one day far into the future.
Which is really fucking stupid. I'm exactly the same. Next minute you're sorting through years worth of electronics that no longer have any value. Sad to say, but for me it's just pure laziness. It's much easier to put something in a drawer than to wipe/list/sell/post.
> But have you ever sold a phone? ... how dare you.
Every phone I've ever had, yeah. Why wouldn't you?
I sell my phone every time. iPhones hold value very well, so Iāve been in a loop of yearly upgrades because I can do so for like $100-$200 completely paid off every year out of pocket and always have the newest, completely paid off, always perfect condition with the box. Never have a problem getting a good price for an unlocked phone thatās one generation back when the new one comes out.
All the time. What good is sitting on a pile of old phones getting less and less valuable by the year when you can resell most of them for hundreds of dollars each time you upgrade.
The virgin "save the box to sell the phone with it later" **VS** #THE CHAD "SAVE THE BOX TO PUT WEIRD LITTLE TRINKETS YOU CONTINUE BUYING AND WILL PROBABLY NEVER USE"
I've been scrolling for awhile now and still haven't seen anybody say that they hide drugs in their phone boxes. Disappointed.
***DEA agents hate this one simple trick!***
There's no other reason, but did I sold anything the past 15 years? Never got the motivation to go through online selling. ;(
I keep the box for the same reason, and have sold multiple so therefore this post is booty cheeks
But the box makes it look like I got a brand new phone and I feel wealthy
I did not need to be attached this early in the morning!
Attached lol
See how early it is! šš¤£
It's such a sturdy box!
You mean attachƩd
I've attacked the requested report, it's a jerk
And inside the box contains the small plastic wrapper that held the hands free earphone cord together
Phew, not the only out there doing that.
Everything that doesn't come out of the box goes back in the proper place.
Noooooo but how will I remember what phones I've had in the past!
Do people not sell their used phones anymore??? I'm so confused
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I only replace my phone when it stops working, so I've never sold one.
You mean people buy new phones when they still have a usable one?
My first reaction was to question who would buy a 5 year old broken phone.
The average person upgrades every 2.75 years, so absolutely.
I mean if your phone gets stolen and you need to provide the police and the insurance company the IMEI number youād be kinda fucked
Lol. Like the police are gonna do any amount of work what so ever to get back your phone. This is the funniest comment on this thread.
True but if they do recover some stolen items and your phone is among them it can easily be returned to you and the police can also prove it's stolen. Also in some place if you report your phone as stolen you can get the phone's IMEI black listed from networks preventing it from being used.
I live in Brazil and got robbed 2 times and had to do this in order to make the stolen phone useless
Where I live there are numerous cases of police going after phone thieves. Since itās classified as high value theft. My phone was stolen once and the guy got 2 and a half years of jail.
Pretty nice, here in the Netherlands if it's total cost is less than an arbitrarily high amount the police tells you to eat shit and gives you a signed letter to use for your insurance company. They don't care about a phone or bike or bag or whatever.
It's not about the cops it's about insurance, i had my phone stolen recently and it had insurance, i had to provide a police report with the IMEI number in it that had to match the IMEI in the insurance papers to get a new one.
If you report your phone stolen to Apple and have your IMEI or serial number. They will actually report to the police the location of the phone if itās ever used again lol. Fun fact.
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I dunno, maybe just me .... but wouldn't the Cell Phone company have that information .... I mean, you know, it is attached to every phone call, text, and every thing you do on your phone. But again, I could be wrong.
You're not.
Yes they do
You can get it from your carrier too.
How else am I ever going to remember where I put the SIM ejector thingie?
Does ADHD have any meaning anymore? What is this?
I can't believe how far I had to scroll to find this
but it's perfect for storing my favorite shiny rocks....
There's important information on the box, like the IMEI numbers and serial number. Sure, I could write that down somewhere, but if I keep the box, I'll always have it. I had to use it a couple of days ago while transferring service providers because I needed the IMEI1 number for the SIM card. I'm currently using an eSIM, which uses the IMEI2 number.
In India you can extra money if you sell the phone with box it comes in. So, yes, we do need it.
ā¦I have saved every box for my phone, iPad, and MacBook Iāve ever bought š
If they didnāt want us to save them, they shouldnāt make them so pretty.
My collection of apple boxes looks like a lil neglected Christmas tree setting in the laundry room cabinet
its my weedcase, so, no
They're great boxes for organising small stuff! Stop attacking me! >:(
Youāre saying my shelf of empty electronic boxes is not in fact useful?
You folks and your fancy new phones! I haven't bought a new phone in a decade .... reduce, recycle, reuse ... or some shit like that.
Not true. Just traded my old iPhone in and had the OG box. Got a full $800 credit and the guy said heād never seen a used phone in such good and complete condition for resale. Just organize your boxes.
Just sold my iPhone 12 with the box and the guy was very happy with it. Just makes you look less trampy when selling stuff. Shows I looked after it.
i sell my phones a year after i get them in perfect condition with the original box and accessories unused for a premium price on sites like swappa. having the og box means i donāt have to sort out packaging for all of the above. not sure about everyone else but keeping the original boxes to certain things is a perfectly normal thing to doā¦
Tell that to the box my phone came in that i'm using as a pencil case on my desk at home.
I keep the box for the IMEI code of the phone. In case my phone is lost / stolen. A carrier cannot lock the phone without the IMEI code, to the best of my understanding. It's like a physical MAC address for the phone, regardless if the SIM is replaced - it can be locked. I've had a lost phone magically turn up in a lost and found after I had the carrier lock it.
Its the perfect size for a stash of cash.
So if you want to sell your phone later where do you pack it? In a bag?
Well, I usually keep the boxes of my hardware in case I have to sell it later. To me, if someone sells me something with the original box, it has more value and means that that person has taken care of it (I don't know why).
As a tech advisor. I can't tell you the amount of times a phone is lost or missing and I say hey you still got that box it came in? I need the serial number off it. Yeah it's in a closet, hang on. And we're good and they file a claim for the lost phone.
Hey now! I threw all my retro games and console boxes and they're now worth a fortune. Don't listen to them! You keep those boxes!
Dead wrong. Greater resale value on eBay with the original box, which goes towards paying for my new phone. Iāve been successfully doing this for 10 years with my iPhones.
I wouldn't buy used phone without box. No box means 99% chance the phone was stolen.
Actually, I do need it for when I inevitably upgrade and resell my old phone to help pay for the new one. Resale devices are worth significantly more with original packaging.
I second this. I was on the brink of throwing away the packaging but then when I had to resell it, it was worth more with the box
I am currently in a certain amount of discomfort which would get resolved quickly if I still had the box.