I see most of the comments are about aesthetics, I must say I for one am happy that they didn't try to make a fashion accessory and probably worked on creating a useful phone.
I don't need a cool hip phone, I need one that works really well and does everything I need, hopeful this is what google has done.
(It looks rather sleek to me as well but to each their own)
I want phones that lots of people use so that they become appealing alternative development platforms to the iPhone. So, I DO want my phone to be a fashion accessory, so that some of the 17 million iPhone users will switch.
I don't need a cool hip phone, I need one that works really well and does everything I need, hopeful this is what google has done.
(It looks rather sleek to me as well but to each their own)