With price as a consideration, I think the reviewer thinks it is. At half the price, I think it need only be close product-wise to be a net "better". That says

With price as a consideration, I think the reviewer thinks it is. At half the price, I think it need only be close product-wise to be a net "better". That says, I think the build looks better than S3 and software potentially better than both. Completely unqualified though, just my impressions from reviews.