Touchscreens

Ponicalica

That said, there are still models of phones that have a physical keyboard, though they're less likely to be the flagship models because the majority of people don't like them, and there are also things like this, although it'll only work if your phone has the right form factor.

Fuschlatz

Pah! I will risk losing my fingers to the cold and wet so I can change a song on my phone.

Or you could just get one of those pairs of headphones that have a built-in mic and remote. Then you wouldn't have to get your phone out at all when you want to change tracks.

1. phone auto-locks when calling.  If your phone doesn't have a separate speakerphone button, you need to press a button to make the screen reappear, then unlock the screen, then press the onscreen speaker button just to activate speakerphone.  And since you don't have eyes on your cheeks, you have to take the phone away from your ear to do this.  And during that time, you can't hear jack shit of what happened on the other end of the line.


2. Do you need to access touch-tone numbers to navigate the company directory that you're calling?  Well, once again, you have to take the phone away from your ear and waste precious time pressing a button to make the screen reappear, then unlock the screen, then press the dial pad button and watch it slide in, then look at the numbers and press the one(s) you want.

Again, headphones with a built-in mic and remote. If you take calls using those, then you can still do lots of things on your phone rather easily. You should even be able to plug the headphones in mid-call, just put one of them in your ear first to make sure you don't miss anything.