I just don't like all the other shit that gets pre-loaded onto phones that you can't remove unless you root the phone. If you have to root the phone to do what you want anyway, you could just do it with the Nexus as well.
I can only speak about the iPhone in this regard. You essentially will start picking up your phone with your thumb over the scanner resulting in it just being unlocked by the time it gets from pocket to your eyes. I have to consciously avoid doing that if I just want to take it out and place it somewhere just in case I forget to turn the screen off.
I had assumed every other device did it the same way and couldn't wrap my head around how that was even remotely convenient. But now I see that the iphone and s6 do it via the home button, which is much better.
You can save up to 5 different "prints" from any finger. I have my right and left index. I thought it was going to be a gimmick, but I love the feature now.
I hear you when you say you don't like things you can't remove, but I am wondering what those things are. I was able to disable all AT&T apps and all but 3 Samsung apps (file explorer, scrapbook, voice recorder) on my Note5. I put those in a folder and forgot about them forever.
I'm trying to think of the last non-Nexus phone I had, and what carrier I was with at the time. It may have been the S4 when I was still with Verizon, and I seem to recall there being a ton of Verizon loaded BS that I could not remove. I also seem to recall there being quite a few Samsung specific apps, but this was a few years ago now.
