It feels like a toy and misses many essential features that we have come accustomed to in actual tech gadgets. It is a toy that has one specific purpose. It would be an insult to compare it with something as technologically advanced as a smartphone. Though a lot of it doesn't have to do with the technology that is inside it and rather what the platform holder is doing, or not doing, with it. I mean it's a pretty bold move to have a bluetooth capable mobile device that does not allow you to couple your bluetooth devices with it.

I will consider it not a toy once it delivers technology that is from this century.

Clearly talking about the WiiU.

I should have given that section a second pass, before submitting.

So you're saying it's like a toy because it's essentially like a Fisher Price tablet? One function, locked features, minimal interface, lack of app diversity? I can get behind that definition. It's a pretty fun toy. 

But do you really think there is much of a difference between the Wii U and the Switch other than that they moved the processing power from a stationary device into the gamepad? I don't really see any feature in the Switch more than what the Wii U had. So wouldn't both be toys then?

Yes, pretty much exactly that. It is a fun toy but I'd rather not like to call it a sophisticated piece of tech. And I don't really think Nintendo wants to call it that either. It is what it is and it sells because of what it is.

A wrenches don't have much functionality, and they make terrible toys.

Whilst lacking in features and functionality, the things it does do, it more or less does very well.
The Switch:
Boots quickly
Has a fast, clean, modern UI, that seamlessly blends touch and button inputs
Handles updates well
Has a nice, easy way of archiving software

The Switch lacks some very important features; the features it does have, are generally fairly polished.
There is a strong base to add to with the Switch, the WiiU was just awful.

Except the tech it has are all from this century. It looks and feels more modern than a Wii U or a 3DS and has been pretty stable outside of a few duds that have been noted online early on in its life, like most consoles. I mean, at least it doesn't break as easily as an early Xbox 360. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Have you given a wrench to a baby? Makes for an awesome toy.

Switch seems more like a natural evolution that merely kept up with the time than anything that's definitively better. Wii U, at the time it was coming out, also was a comparably good and fast system. Switch is quantitatively better than the Wii U in most aspects, no question, but comparably to all the other tech out there it just feels like a new polish that barely kept up with the time rather than being fundamentally more developed or improved to the previous platform. Then again, I could say the same about the other current gen consoles as well.

Now this discussion feels pointless^^

I have given my Switch to some children.
You can read how that went here:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=233833

As for wrenches, I find it to be a bit hard for children to chew.
Sad really: they are hard to break, teeth are not.

The Switch has a more modern architecture than its peers (consoles), but lacks things like a high resolution, glass, OLED display.
It feels like less of a toy when compared to the current consoles, but is a joke when compared to a high end phone.
That is just the console market.

OP used the words penetrate and XxX in the same sentence...just sayin...