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It was probably the wrong verbiage used. For example, opening and closing apps shows a different animation on the 5S versus 5. It doesn't affect actual usage in the slightest/

It does? And what difference would that be?

That's not something I noticed. Did anyone notice this?
 
It was probably the wrong verbiage used. For example, opening and closing apps shows a different animation on the 5S versus 5. It doesn't affect actual usage in the slightest/

I think that either you saw an iPhone 5 with iOS 7.1 or a 5S with 7.1. iOS 7.1 changes the animations, making them faster.
 
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