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by derekp7 4968 days ago
I think the big difference between a slider and radio buttons is how much screen space is taken up. For radio buttons, you have the text description ("ON", "OFF") along with an indicator / selector to the side. Whereas the slider combines these two elements. This is more important on smaller screens, where the text / selection area would have to be enlarged to accommodate finger input.