I still feel like it would be weird because of what you said: losing the ability to dock the Switch would be losing a huge factor of the device. One that is key in them advertising it. The 2DS is the only other system revision that they've done that does away with the key-selling point of a previous version, while the others were extra features that they never focused on when advertising the system. Nintendo never touted the Virtual Console in commercials, or the DS's backwards compatibility with the GBA. And even then, the n3DS came along shortly after the 2DS, and it still retained glasses-free 3D was never fully. The 2DS served as a cheaper form factor along its n3DS sibling. Regardless, I admit that the 2DS does set a precedent for the removal of any system feature, as you say.

I understand the logic behind what you all are throwing at me. And that know there are quite a few who would want just the portable aspect of the Switch, just as there are people wishing for a pure home console variation. Heck, I feel like a cheaper home variation of the Switch would be a better idea than a cheaper portable one, if we're talking revisions. And Nintendo could just save money selling the Switch by itself, instead of creating a newer, saller form factor. Makes replacements for damaged systems easier and still gives consumers an option. But the idea of an only portable Switch just doesn't gel with me all that well, personally. If we have to get a new dedicated handheld, a dual-screen one would be far more interesting to me. That said, if Nintendo does end up doing a "Switch Lite" as a new dedicated handheld, I'd accept it. It's not like I'd have to buy it anyway, since the main Switch would still be there, after all.