Samsung NX11 DSLR - cheap at half the price?

My mother is thinking about jumping in on this Groupon deal to pick up an NX11 for around half the UK MSRP. It would be a gift for my stepfather. She has twelve hours left to get this deal.

My mother knows nothing about cameras, and I know little more. In a nutshell: is it worth it?

I’d say no, get a Sony NEX instead, the NEX-3 can be had really cheap now and even the replacement the NEX-C3 isn’t much more and you can get the NEX-5 for about the same as the Samsung. amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_nos … ex&x=0&y=0

Also amazon.co.uk/Samsung-20mm-F2 … 175&sr=1-1