I have to slightly agree with Mustang. The only reason this phone is getting the love it is getting is because of the Note 7 going "fire bomb"
Look I loved the look of the pixel/pixel XL and will likely buy a pixel later down the line. But I just feel like Google did what they did 2 years ago by trying to go premium but lacking in a few areas to command premium pricing. To me that phone screams Nexus pricing. If that phone was priced at 649 for the 128version it would have been a winner.
In fact
@Preach2k if the Note 7 was still available (say Samsung had a solid fix) which would you choose?