Rotom.

0:00Rotom is a ghost that moved into your phone, and that might be why your old phone is so hard to throw away.

0:04This is Rotom, a little ghost made of electricity.

0:09Its Pokédex says it can move into all sorts of machines, and it loves to surprise people.

0:13For years, that meant haunting ovens and washing machines.

0:17Then in 2016, in Pokémon Sun and Moon, you open your Pokédex and find a Rotom asleep inside it.

0:21Once it wakes up, it talks to you for the whole adventure and calls you partner.

0:26In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, it even makes a sad face every ten minutes until you tap it.

0:30That might be the most phone thing ever.

0:34It could climb out of that Pokédex anytime it wanted, and it told you it would rather stay.

0:39So when the games moved on to new regions, it moved with you, right into your phone.

0:43That was ten years ago, and it's been riding in pockets ever since.

0:47And every time someone upgrades, the new phone comes out of the box clean and quiet, and the old one goes in a drawer.

0:51You keep that old one for what's still on it, like your camera roll from 2016.

0:56Some people keep one for a voicemail they still play, just to hear somebody's voice.

1:00Maybe there's somebody on your old phone you're not ready to let go dark.

1:04Maybe that's why the friend in your pocket was always a ghost.

1:09So if you're setting up a brand new phone this week, check the old one before it goes in the drawer.

1:13Something in there might still be waiting for you.

1:17The new phone gets the ghost, and the old one keeps everybody else.

1:21So what's the one thing on your old phone you'll never delete?

1:26Make sure to share your answer in the comments!