The front is covered with a textured faux leather and grippy, the shell in which the phone is inserted, is me personally too smooth. I always feel the phone could give me the same slip out of hand.
The cover features a magnetic closure, and therefore remains in place until you open it. In the left side of the cover, a magnet is also incorporated by the Nexus 5 is turned on when you open the cover and when you close. This is practical and saves the switch via button.
Unfortunately, this magnet has a significant influence on the magnetic field sensors of the Nexus. In this envelope the built compass shows quite simply wrong. Not even calibrate no, because yes on the position of the cover the deviation is different.