We all know there will be a version 2 of the iPhone but with Apple requesting new patents does it mean the next generation iPhone will be a nano style low end iPhone?

Rumor: Apple patent points to “iPhone nano?”: Now this is interesting. Apple applied for a patent today that depicts an iPod-looking device with a simple clickwheel that displays numbers…much like an old rotary phone. Could it be a low-cost sibling for the iPhone?

This is all speculation, of course, but Apple does offer both a high end and a low end iPod; would a basic companion to the iPhone not make sense? Some users just want to make and receive calls, and couldn’t be bothered with all that hoity-toity ‘internet’ stuff.

Thanks, Chris!

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog.)