It looks cool...but where the fuck do I put my fingers? That's the difference between the old Walkmans and something like this. The Walkman was designed to fit in my hand and also realized my hand has some fingers that need to go somewhere. It can't just have a bunch of easily triggered buttons under wherever my finger might rest.
I find this to be a problem with a lot of modern ID. The fetishization of touch sensitive controls or just overly sensitive controls makes it just hard to hold a lot of gadgets. It also makes me paranoid about putting them in my pocket. Most Walkman designs had nice physical push buttons that you were in no danger of manipulating accidentally when they were clipped to your pocket or belt.
I agree, since I moved from iPhone 11 to 14 and the display margins became even smaller I frequently accidentally move the youtube slider (when in landscape) by just holding it. Very annoying when watching long-form content
https://teenage.engineering/products/tp-7
I really want to hold this in my hand but it costs a leg unfortunately