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I have both. I bought 3DS in Sept. 2011 in Osaka, to avoid being annoyed by region-lock, and Vita in May 2012.

3DS is fine. Has some masterpieces (Fire Emblem, Ace Attorney, Liberation Maiden...) and the design is pretty nice compared to the others. I find non-gaming features rather limited, complicated and uninteresting overall. The biggest problem is the total lack of interesting games in the 2014 line-up. Currently I have no 3DS game on my 2014 shopping list. As things are now I give it 7/10, with a negative outlook.

Vita is just excellent. Its capabilities are far greater than 3DS's, especially in communication/social. It kinda lacks super-great exclusives of its own (Gravity Daze, Project Diva F are the only ones I can think of) but it has many more good/entertaining games (Senran Kagura, Orochi Warriors, Neptune etc.). I bought like 10 games this year and have nearly as many scheduled for the first half of 2014. Solid 8/10, with positive outlook.