As much as I like seeing texts creeping out of the edge and the wow factor from friends, I f*cking hate the edges.
This my 18 hour first impressions on this phone
1. Unintentional touches on the edges. I probably accidentally touched the home button in chrome a few times while typing this.
2. Introduces glare on both sides. The purple/pink tint on the glare made me think that I had a defective screen.
3. With the extended edges, screen to body ratio increased by 4 or 6 percent, this is both a curse and a blessing.
(a) 1 being a bigger screen and
(b) I have less metal and glass to hold on to.
4. Battery life is surprisingly good with 6 hours SOT. Did 80% LTE and 20% WiFi with two SIMS. One local number and one number on Roaming.
5. Camera has noticeably lower DR compared to the Nexus 6P. Not sure it's the ISOCELL issue or just Samsung's slightly poorer implementation this year.
6. I feel that this phone gets hot faster than the Nexus 6P as this is a glass sandwich. As we all know, glass isn't exactly known to be a great heat radiator, unlike metal phones which act as a giant heatsink.
Anything else I miss out? AMA
Do you use a phone case? Issues 1, 3b & 6 can be improved if you were to use one. I use a Spigen slim case, doesn't affect the phone styling that much but definitely better holdability especially at the edges. You can get a much thicker case if you want more grip and protection for your phone.