But it's such a nice box. Someone probably worked really hard on it.

Man I still have the box my fucking zune came in. It's where all my old microsd/sd cards and assorted small semi-valuables live.

A small nice box can be a useful thing to have.

Boxes stack better than lose phones with various different sizes and shapes of camera bumps.

What about my GBA game boxes? Do I need them?

There is a lot of validation in this thread.

I literally have all my small device boxes in a reusable tote box in a storage location at my house, and larger boxes for TVs and stuff sitting next to it.

I keep this stuff for warranty, resale, and a place to store any unused or unneeded additional items that came with the device. Maybe a cable or power brick, since I have most of my power/charging needs already solved, or documentation like receipts or included user manuals or something... Depending on what came with the device. Whether it's a cellphone box or something like a Google/nest home speaker thing or whatever.

This only serves as a reminder to go through it sometime. My SO sold her phone without me being involved (she's a strong independent person, so I'm not upset about it at all), but I know the box for the phone she sold is still in there somewhere. If I had known she was intending to sell it, I would have fetched the box for her to sell with it, and honestly that's the only part of that I'm somewhat disappointed with. Now I have to find the box and get rid of it.

Boxes for larger items like TVs are great to have on hand when moving, since I can care a bit less about what's placed in/around the TV, since I just pack it in its original box which has plenty of protection for the screen.

I may discontinue the practice in the coming years since, a few years ago, we moved into a property that we own rather than one we are renting. Once I feel established enough that we're not going anywhere, a lot of those larger boxes are headed for the shredder.

I keep random small things in the boxes and forget what's in them until I open them once every year or two.

BUT WHAT IF I DO SOME DAY

the phone box drawer is the new sauce packet drawer

I only keep the boxes for things I intend to eventually resell, or are valuable enough that I would want to repackage it in the event of a warranty return.

Everything else is fair game for the recycle bin. We have limited space in the garage, can’t take it all up with useless crap!

I still have the box for my Treo 650.

Funny story, today I met someone that was using their phone box as a case for their phone

Out of all the boxes I keep (like GPUs, PC cases, but not fridges, etc) phone boxes are so smol nowdays.
I also gift by phones to friends & family and when I pass things to someone I need them to be clean - the boxes just somehow (for me) add to that (like, kinda, sorta, to the clean look & feel).

Boxes of old phones from the olden days are legit collector pieces.

Also, reading other comments, I'm glad it's a controversial topic.

I usually send my broken phone to one of those places that buys it off me, so the box totally helps ship it.

It is also where I keep the SIM card key.

I use mine to prop my window open because it’s an old window that doesn’t stay open on its own.

It took me a few years to throw out the many boxes from building my PC. It of course made sense for a while for warranty reasons, but at some point...

I still have one C-64 and 1541 drive in their original boxes. :p

Makes a really effective DIY monitor hood when you're using an old phone as an external monitor for your video camera.

I admit that's probably a use case for the few of us that can't afford good filming gear. But finding DIY solutions is fun.

I like to keep the boxes of everything I ever bought and I hope that triggers him.

You can also sell it on eBay. It’s not much, but it’s honest work.

It helps remind me that it was a significant, luxury purchase and I know just how much effort went into the designer should be appreciated

Never!

It's easier to resell the phone later on if you have the original box. Why throw it away if it takes up practically no free space?

I have a large box in my garage labelled 'product boxes' that's full

They said that about the big box full of cords too, but I saw what happened to Gen X.

Won't be me.

No. I'm using it to store spare cables, the plastic cover my sim came in (in case I'm forgetful...), some microSD cards, and the little sim removal pin.

Never!

>:-[

I usually use my phones until the battery has noticeably degraded, so there's no market for whatever remains. I have two phones lying on my desk as backup in case the migration to the respective new one doesn't work. It's been years since my last upgrade.

The boxes lie next to the phones. They're not even inside the box.