The ugly black part at the top will influence the experience of watching movies, play games, viewing pics because part of the image/video will be cut out. FaceID is secure but I have to well open eyes to let it recognize and not sure if it can recognize well enough when there are water on the font sensor especially in the rain. From demo, it seems FaceID is slower than TouchID. I think for a normal customer/users, touchID is much more usable and quicker.
I think they could have leveraged the OLED tech to make the status bar blend in with the casing. They could have used 3Dtouch to provide a home-button-esque feel when interacting with the bottom gesture bar.
OK, I'm an Apple ubergeek, and therefore already predisposed to love this phone before I got it. But then I got it, and I was blown away. Long story short, if you love Apple products, you'll love this. If you prefer Android, then you probably feel the same way about the Pixel 2 as I do about this phone, and that's great. Different strokes and all that 😊