Boot animation: I have to admire Apple on this. I don't need a boot animation. Just enough of a logo to know the phone is on and booting.
Or even more admirable: Startup and shutdown of the iPhone are silent. Vixy's Samsung Android phone has to play a goddamn melody every time it starts up or shuts down. Haven't these phone manufacturers ever attended a concert or a movie?
"Please turn off your cell phones. Unless you've got one of those annoying phones that plays a melody when you turn it off, in which case, please just leave the building and quietly smash your phone on the sidewalk outside."