To borrow a football analogy, the new Nexus 6 is like the mobile world's fullback: It's big, heavy, ridiculously powerful and charges faster than you'd imagine. But like fullbacks, the beastly Nexus 6 is best only for specific use cases, and seeing it in action in the real world is likely to be rare.

Design

As the iPhone 6 Plus is to the iPhone 6, the Motorola-built Nexus 6 is like a blown-up version of the Moto X (2014). It shares a lot of design elements with its more pocket-able cousin, while lacking some of the Moto X's specifics, like back-panel customizability.

But of course, the Nexus 6 is bigger -- way bigger.