Now that I've spent some time with the phone I can honestly say that I love the experience a lot. It's a large phone, but because it's not as wide as the note series there really isn't a problem handling it for me.
I haven't had any issues that weren't self made yet, and that makes me really happy.
Here's a picture of the amount of yellow "band" I have at the bottom. It's hardly noticeable, and it doesn't bother me at all.
I did have a slight issue with the device charging extremely slowly (about 10 hours for full charge from 10%), but I found out that it was because of the cable I used. Apparently there is a difference in the way the cables are made, and the included cable is made in the right way, so the device charges super quickly.
This is what my phone is setup to look like now. I'm still looking for a theme that goes with this look, but haven't found a red accented Android L theme yet.
Can't wait for them to release some styleswap covers though. I think this phone will look sick with a wood or bamboo cover.