Design
- Good build quality
- Great ergonomics - very light weight and very comfortable to hold with one hand for a phone of this size
- Excellent, fast, conveniently-placed fingerprint sensor
- Plain, vanilla, polycarbonate design (unlike the Nexus 6P, which is metal)
Display
- Very good display - sharp, bright and with realistic, true-to-life colors
- Ambient display feature, which shows pertinent notifications in a confined area on the display, without having to turn on the phone
Software
- Pure, stock Android directly from Google
- Being part of the Nexus series ensures regular Android updates
Performance
- Very good speed/performance
Camera
- Very good, versatile camera
- Good low-light camera performance
- Decent front camera
Audio
- Good audio quality
- Average loudspeaker
Battery
- Pretty fast battery recharge time via USB-C
- Decent overall battery life
More
- Contextually-aware Google Now on Tap feature
- No expandable storage