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by spatulon 1930 days ago
When I was first in the market for a smartphone, circa 2009, the iPhone's smooth animations were a large factor in my decision of which one to buy.

Back then, the Android phones I looked at couldn't scroll a simple web page without stuttering, and it was incredibly jarring. It completely broke the illusion that you were interacting with and directly controlling a physical object.