Huawei's first Nexus phone — really, the first Huawei phone anyone in the U.S. is going to care about, if we're being completely honest — is a big one. Not just physically, though the 5.7-inch phone is absolutely big. No, the Nexus 6P is also big in stature. It's a large, well-made, metal Android smartphone. From Huawei. In the U.S. (And other parts of the world, of course.) So is it a worthy successor to last year's monster Nexus 6? Let's take a quick look following Google's Nexus event today in San Francisco.

First, a comparison that only a few folks will get, but it's a necessary one. If you're familiar with Huawei phones — and particularly the new Huawei Mate S — you're going to have a pretty good idea what to expect here, at least as far as the hardware goes. The Nexus 6P is a very nicely designed aluminum phone. It's round and not angular, and the beveled edges (again, like the Mate S) add that much more sophistication. If you found the Nexus 6 too large, you'll at least want to give this one a look. And not to harp on the size too much, but if you found the Motorola Nexus 6 too large, you'll at least want to give this one a look. It's physically just about as big, but the difference in rear design makes the Nexus 6P a good bit easier to hold. (At least for me.) It's absolutely got a different feel to it. And that's as much a product of the design as it is the fingerprint scanner on the back. That's another area Huawei has excelled at, and we're pleased to see it some to a Nexus phone. The scanner is in a perfect location for your index finger, and that's going to make it extremely easy to unlock your phone, or activate Android Pay, or use whatever apps have hooked into the new fingerprint APIs.