It has a weird magnetic accessory connector on it. And it's made of Titanium! And a weird camera cutout in the screen so it doesn't have a top bezel! It still has a bottom bezel for no reason. Could have moved the screen to the bottom and not needed a camera cutout. And Andy Rubin started the company that makes it! And it's not waterproof. Titanium! And no SD card slot. But Andy Rubin! No headphone jack, you can buy an MP3 player for that, right??? But Titanium! Did I mention you get all that for the low low price of $700? With Essential Products, this lack of essential features can be yours today!

TL;DR: It's a piece of shit IMO. My personal list of essential features for a phone: IPx8 rating, preferably 68. SD card slot. Headphone jack. NFC. I'd prefer it if the manufacturer updated the OS in a timely fashion, but I can live with Lineage and other ROMs.

It was announced not that long ago. For all I know you need dongle for almost everything(if not everything). Android founder is somehow involved and I assume this is why most of HN folks like it (the ones that do)