X9 tactile buttons to navigate folders?

[erikore]

Hello,

My S9's power switch has crapped the bed and I'm looking into getting an X9 (if someone knows of something else similar to the S9 let me know! <3'd it). I have one question that is kind of a deal breaker for me:

Does the X9's folder menu work similarly in that the tactile buttons serve as more than just volume up/down/rewind/ff buttons? Can you navigate the music folders using them?

The S9 had a touch screen that let me use the volume up/down buttons to move up/down and the rew/ff buttons to move in and out of folders. I don't want to have to use the touch screen to select a different artist and the S9 didn't force me to.

Many thanks!