I watched Sootch00's review on the new, single-stack, compact version, and I think it's a good-looking pistol. The proportions just look better on it, than on the full-size model.
I do think it's strange that they chose to plaster "GALLATIN, TN" across the slide. That's a design faux-pas that I'm surprised the Italians would make, given their expertise in the area of design (it's made at the new Beretta factory 20 minutes down the road from where I live).