Next iPhone To Have Touch-Sensitive Casing; Patent For Capacitive Stylus and Contacts On Homescreen?

The latest rumour states that the next iPhone will have an improved camera, an LED flash, and a Magic Mouse-like touch panel. This rumour states that you'll be able to do new multitouch controls. This technology could actually allow multitouch controls anywhere on the casing on the iPhone, which could be on the front face - where the button is right now - or even on the back. We'll just have to see what happens when they decide to announce it.

The picture above shows Apple's latest patent which could be hinting that they're considering making a stylus compatible model. If this is true, the display will still be capacitive but the stylus will actually feature a conductive tip. This is great news because resistive touchscreens just aren't that finger-friendly. Along with this news another patent states that the next iPhone could also have a customizable GUI that will change based on your location.

Update: According to Mac Rumors, Apple may also be planning to put contacts on your homescreen as well (below). Google's Android actually beat them to this one.

iPhone To Have Touch-Sensitive Casing: Apple Insider

iPhone Stylus Patent: Gizmodo