Unfortunately, our hopes come crashing down like a blood sugar crash after a candy binge: the front panel is one fused flustercluck.

While we saw this in the Nexus 4, we had hoped the LG/Google team could learn the error of their ways.

Alas, the front frame, LCD, and glass are doomed to a single shared death sometime down the road to Candy Land.

Imagine if one cavity meant losing all your teeth... Talk about a hard pill to swallow.

Tucked in at the base of the display, a Synaptics S3350B IC provides touchscreen control.