The cable arrived in a small envelope and is only in a plastic bag (which would also be resealable) welded. The cable itself is slightly ribbed, the terminals act clean work and look very high quality made. The build quality is good. There is no pungent odor, and call quality is decent. The cable I use the car to my phone with my AUX input to connect. It should be noted that 0.5m is really short and just as sufficient for the connection of my 5 "phone to AUX jack with the phone remains operable when it is in the center console.