Retina iPad or iPad mini ? A tough decision...

Well, I guess a lot of people might have asked this question before, though I did not take the trouble to check.
I have a 11" MacBook Air and an iPhone 4, and an iPad is obviously what is missing in-between. I need an iPad to read newpapers and magazines while commuting or on the move, and I also need the big display to use iPad as a map to guide me through unfamiliar neighbourhoods. So I would go for cellular. Ideally, I would love to have a Retina iPad mini. But God knows when a Retina iPad mini will be launched? And one more word someone will pop up and remind me that we are not permitted to speculate on Apple's future products here. So I will shut up.
I've seen some people with the big iPad after iPad mini has been launched. Well, suddenly iPad looks horribly gigantic and oversized. But I wonder if I would accept an iPad mini without Retins when trying to read fine text...
Perhaps I am not asking a question here. These are just my personal ruminations...

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