I resisted the iPad Mini when it was released, mainly due to the lack of the retina screen (I'd been spoiled by my iPad 3rd gen.)
I got a Nexus 7 and liked it very much. Recently, I was corresponding with a good friend of mine about our tablets - he had the iPad Mini - and we agreed to meet up in the pub one night, along with our other halves, to see what the tablets were like alongside each other.
I was greatly taken with the Mini, the screen was much better than I expected and it just seemed to fit my meaty hands that much better than the Nexus did, by some quirk. I told myself to wait for the refresh of the model and see what a new screen would bring.
Several days later though, my friend contacted me. He's a parasomnia sufferer and reckoned he was using the Mini too often and too late in the evening so that he was suffering as a result. Rather than lock it away, he decided to sell it, so it was out of temptation's reach and he gave me first refusal on it (knowing I'm an Apple fan/user.)
After much 'umming & ahhing' by me and telling myself I didn't need an iPad Mini, he offered to sell it for £180 all in (a virtually brand new, 16 gb Wifi model) and at that price, I couldn't resist.
I've been amazed by just how much I use it, it's really a cracking little device. The Nexus is mainly used for work (we are on Google Apps) but for home use, the iPad Mini has really taken over.
Incidentally, the OP's user name suggests he's either a fan of The Big Bang Theory or his real name is one Howard Wolowitz!
(Either outcome is a win-win, as far as I'm concerned!)