The screen is insanely good.
The software has very little bloat. Like none.
No always exposed front facing camera! It's a pop out, and so there's no way there's any software could be spying on you without you seeing the camera physically pop out. The hardware quality is superb, it handles and feels like an amazingly well built device, there's nothing cheap about it. It's less expensive than other flagship devices with similar specs. The camera app is very speedy and easy to use and the phone takes great pictures.
Getting used to no front facing camera takes getting used to. There's no autobrightness! The phone doesn't know when you put your ear up to it! I was able to get used to these things.
I have found the under the screen finger print reader taking some time to get used to. It was frustrating at first, but I eventually got it down. The key is to remember that the screen might be dirty if it fails to read your fingerprint.
> Getting used to no front facing camera takes getting used to. There's no autobrightness! The phone doesn't know when you put your ear up to it!
Technically, this is not because of the lack of front-facing camera; these things are handled by a separate front-facing sensors (that's why smartphones usually have more than one camera-like thingies on top). They could've retained those features while doing away with front-facing cam; I guess they wanted to go all in and stretch the screen all the way to the phone's top edge.
I recommend Marques Brownlee's review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVWLD3064Ng
Some drawbacks that he doesn't mention:
Getting used to no front facing camera takes getting used to. There's no autobrightness! The phone doesn't know when you put your ear up to it! I was able to get used to these things.
I have found the under the screen finger print reader taking some time to get used to. It was frustrating at first, but I eventually got it down. The key is to remember that the screen might be dirty if it fails to read your fingerprint.