What I'm seeing here is someone recently bought a 4K display and because of that, they feel entitled to a 4K console from Nintendo.
Yes, 720p is the standard from over ten years ago and yes, it wasn't until around 2013 with the release of the PS4 and XBO that 1080p became standardized for consoles.
For anyone thinking of interjecting with "no it wasn't; there were 1080p games on the XB360 and PS3" you already know that 1080p wasn't the standard for graphics and that the vast majority of games on either system either used upscaling or other display techniques to improve a 720p native render signal. This is not one of those arguments, because frankly, the 7th generation and its resolution debates have already been covered.
Switch is 720p (portable mode) because the display is 720p, providing a 1:1 native resolution render. Would a high density pixel display have been better because branded displays like Retina have been around since 2012? Of course, but that's not the question.
Nintendo set the specs for Switch based upon the BoM for a set of hardware they could sell at the margins they wanted for $299. That's what you get, take it or leave it. Being a life long fan of Nintendo games and IPs doesn't entitle one to anything more.
So if we go back to the original thought of "I just bought a 4k display, I deserve a 4k console to take advantage of it..." this is the exact same scenario of 2006 when a lot of consumers bought 1080p displays and bemoaned the 480p resolution of the Wii because they felt entitled to more from their $249 console.
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