reminds me of the 2000 USA presidential election
edit: re-reading your final verdict and reasons behind it have contradicted your entire point and renders this is ENTIRE comparison utterly useless.
TLDR:
yeah the Vita is better in almsot every way bar the 3ds having better game library which I will admit is ONLY becasue it was out a year ahead (which makes no sense becasue it's something the Vita can't help but whatever) but I'm giving it to 3ds anyway becasue it was out longer