The box it comes in is something you want to keep, so you can store this fun little scope away when you're finished playing with it. Now, on to the meat of it. It is a really cool device to use, for yourself or the small ones! I had a BLAST with this thing! All of my close-up shots are of a $100 bill. I installed the app on an Android Samsung S20 Ultra, and it works pretty well. The microscope uses its own Wi-Fi to connect to your phone, so make certain your phone is connected only to the microscope and its Wi-Fi. The phone closed a couple of times unexpectedly, but that's part of it I guess. Next, I used it on a Chromebook. For your PC, it uses the included cord only, it will not operate with the Wi-Fi that it uses on your phone. It plugged right into the USB port, and then I went to "camera" in the settings and there it was. No app needed on my Chromebook or Windows laptop NO APP! What a beautiful phrase! You might have to toggle your camera setting between front or rear though. The quality of the picture is really great, and you can take still pics or videos with it, and it saves them to the app on your phone. It doesn't automatically download them to your picture file. To share the photos or vids you just took, you have to open the app (if using it on your phone) and then download the pics to your phone, then share them. I was going to use a few grains of salt for a demo shot, but they were nothing special to see. So take a look at the closeups a a $100 bill, and see what you think of this awesome little gadget. The only negative I found on this is that the arm that the microscope sits in droops down. All the way down, so that it is pointing at the surface you have your material on to look at. That might be a plus, until you smash a bug with it. 13/10 for me on this neat item! Enjoy!