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The OS isn't necessarily that much more demanding on the hardware than it was in 2008, rather the applications are. Also, people have come to expect a certain degree of smoothness in the ui which Android has been behind on - iOS just hides loading times with animations, so its always been perceptively smoother.
Its a bit chicken and egg; the developers add animations to the os to make it feel smooth but in the process they make it more demanding on hardware. Rinse, wash and repeat.