Word.ws English Dictionary

Jesus phone

Jesus phone noun: the iPhone.

Noun

Jesus phone (plural Jesus phones)

  1. (humorous, informal) The iPhone.
    • The blogosphere had already christened the iPhone, an allegedly revolutionary handset made by Apple, the "Jesus phone" weeks before it went on sale.2007 July 5, “Marketing the iPhone: Where would Jesus queue?”, in The Economist
    • […] the Jesus Phone, or, as it's more commonly known to PC users, the iPhone.2007, Maximum PC

Examples of Jesus phone in a sentence

  • "Jesus Phone" is an extremely common nickname for the iPhone.2008 November, Mac Life, volume 2, number 11:
  • Diehards vying to be the first to own the Jesus phone waited outside for hours, even days.2017, Brian Merchant, The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, Kindle edition, Transworld, page 372:

Forms of Jesus phone

pluralJesus phones

Origin of Jesus phone

Humorously from its perceived desirability and goodness.

Questions about Jesus phone

What does Jesus phone mean?
Jesus phone means the iPhone.
How do you use Jesus phone in a sentence?
"Jesus Phone" is an extremely common nickname for the iPhone.
What part of speech is Jesus phone?
Jesus phone is a noun.
What is the plural of Jesus phone?
The plural of Jesus phone is Jesus phones.

Words near Jesus phone in the dictionary

  1. Jesus lizards
  2. Jesus movement
  3. Jesus nut
  4. Jesus nuts
  5. Jesus of Mercy
  6. Jesus phone
  7. Jesus phones
  8. Jesus piece
  9. Jesus pieces
  10. Jesus pin
  11. Jesus pins

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Jesus phone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Jesus phone.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/jesus_phone. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.