I'm actually thinking more and more Nintendo really isn't that interested in a Switch Mini. It would happen mainly in a quick fashion only if the current Switch model tanks. If it has even decent success, Nintendo will not only stick with this form factor, but maybe even increase the screen size for future revisions to make it easier for people to gather around and play together.
Being able to sit the system down anywhere and pop off the Joycons and play with other people is not a side feature, it's a central part of the system's appeal, you lose all that with a "Switch Mini". Not to say that Nintendo won't ever offer that, they probably will, but I don't think they're in any rush, nor is such a model ever going to be the "standard" Switch.
It would be more like the 2DS or Game Boy Advance Micro ... a side model that isn't one of the better selling SKUs.
To be honest one of the upgrade paths for the Switch may well be you simply just uprade the main screen portion. You can keep your Joycons and Dock, but you just keep upgrading that main part.
You guys should just embrace this new form factor. This is the future of Nintendo, it's like those people that kept asking for a single screen, non-touch screen Game Boy once the DS came out. Embrace what's new.
To be honest it's not like it's even *that* big with the joycons removed. A regular 3DS does not fit comfortably in pockets with keys + wallet + smartphone either, you have to have a jacket if you're going to comfortably go outside the house with those items, well a jacket can house a Switch too.
