Looks like no 3G/LTE or Upgradable Battery for Nintendo Switch =(

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outlawauron said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Umm... How does your parents knowing how to tether their phones make me not understand how people use their phones? Our experience can be different with the subject sure but saying that I don't understand sounds a bit nonsense. I rarely have seen people use their phones for hotspot at all, specially since phone data is at a premium in Canada (for example) with 1gb of data per month for $70/month. Sure we have Wind that has "unlimited" data for $45/month but their network speeds is like 3mbps down if you are lucky and you get throttled heavily after 5gb of usage. And their reception isn't very good at all with the exception of some selected areas. This is in vancouver, one of the most populated cities in Canada.

I personally like it this way so I don't have to deal with people playing games with terrible reception. If you have ever played Smash Bros on the wiiU which uses p2p and you are matched with people that have horrible wifi, you would understand why I am glad the Switch doesn't have this. While I understand the benefits, all it would result in is more people complaining about how playing online sucks while in reality with p2p games, one or more people just have a shit connection.

Edit: It will be like this but more frequently... (skip to 53 seconds) Do you want to play matches like this more frequently? I sure don't...

I'm saying that tethering your phone and using it as a source for your wifi is very common. The comment about my parents was in jest because how simple and common knowledge it is.

As for poor signal and slow speeds, that'll happens regardless of the options on Switch.

I doubt its that common. Maybe in places where you get unlimited data sure but in places you don't of which there are many, it is certainly not. My parents for example don't even know what it is. 

The point is that it will happen more frequently if 3g/LTE was a thing on switch as opposed if there isn't. And I would rather not have slow downs like that be a more common thing than it already is.