English

Noun

Jesus phone ‎(plural Jesus phones)

1. (informal, humorous) The iPhone.
   • 2007, Marketing the iPhone: Where would Jesus queue? (in The Economist, 5 July 2007)

     The blogosphere had already christened the iPhone, an allegedly revolutionary handset made by Apple, the "Jesus phone" weeks before it went on sale.

   • 2007, Maximum PC magazine

     ...the Jesus Phone, or, as it's more commonly known to PC users, the iPhone.

   • 2008, Mac Life magazine, vol 2 number 11 (November 2008)

     "Jesus Phone" is an extremely common nickname for the iPhone. Last time we Googled, there were well over 73000 uses of the phrase...