Can't say that I ever saw the advert at the time but the tying of a mobile phone brand to a religious figure does seem a tad far-fetched.  I suspect that it might have offended as many non-believers as it did believers.  For instance, I've known Muslims up in arms about inappropriate uses of pictures of Jesus.  There is someone on a different board I frequent who would probably have been up in arms that anything like a phone brand would apparently kow-tow to the power frocks, as she calls them!!