Now, as far as that rear fingerprint sensor is concerned, I’m not sure how much I love it being on the back. I love it for its quickness and convenience. But I just didn’t find it to be quite as useful as one that’s on front; putting it on the back means it’s not as versatile, and anytime I want to quickly unlock my phone, I have to first pick it up off the table, find where the sensor is on the back, and then unlock it.

I might be the only one who feels this way, and that’s fine; I’ve seen others praise the sensor’s placement, so it’s simply preference. The muscle memory just didn’t kick in for me. It might work for you, it might not. In the end, however, it was just as fast and accurate as something like TouchID, and that’s ultimately all that matters. I can live with it being on back if it means Google provides smart and useful technology.

One nice thing about the fingerprint sensor is you don’t need to wake your phone to unlock it. Right when your finger is placed on the sensor, you’ll be taken right to your home screen before you even have time to think about it. This method is similar to what we saw in the OnePlus 2, and it’s something that should quite frankly be something every phone with a fingerprint sensor does.

On the front of the device you’ll be staring at a 5.7-inch QHD AMOLED screen (2560×1440, 518 ppi), which looks excellent. At this point so many top tier phones come with QHD displays that everything starts to look the same. Samsung still leads the pack when it comes to out and out beauty, but the Nexus 6P’s screen is gorgeous and dense, so there’s little to complain about.

You’ll have to crank the brightness way up to see the display outdoors, but that’s true for every phone. Other things I noticed: viewing angles are terrific, as you’d expect, and colors are nice and saturated, which is also something you’d expect. Huawei packed a great display in the Nexus 6P, though great displays are par for the course in today’s super phone market.