Design
- Excellent build quality
- Premium, high-end, unibody design, based on aeronautical-grade aluminum
- Great ergonomics - light and relatively comfortable to use with one hand for a phone of this size
- Excellent, conveniently-placed, blazing fast fingerprint sensor
Display
- Excellent display - bright, sharp, and has accurate color reproduction, great viewing angles, great contrast levels, and good saturation levels
- 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
- Excellent speed/performance
Camera
- Excellent, versatile camera
- Good low-light camera performance
- Good front camera
Audio
- Good call quality
- Decent loudspeakers
Battery
- Pretty fast battery recharge time via USB-C
- Excellent standby battery life
- Decent battery life
More
- Contextually-aware Google Now on Tap feature