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How to determine the current iPhone/device model?


Is there a way to get the device model name (iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, etc) in Swift?

I know there is a property named UIDevice.currentDevice().model but it only returns device type (iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, iPhone Simulator, etc).

I also know it can be done easily in Objective-C with this method:

#import <sys/utsname.h>

struct utsname systemInfo;
uname(&systemInfo);

NSString* deviceModel = [NSString stringWithCString:systemInfo.machine
                          encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

But I'm developing my iPhone app in Swift so could someone please help me with the equivalent way to solve this in Swift?


Solution

  • I made this "pure Swift" extension on UIDevice.

    If you are looking for a more elegant solution you can use my µ-framework DeviceKit published on GitHub (also available via CocoaPods, Carthage and Swift Package Manager).

    Here's the code:

    import UIKit
    
    public extension UIDevice {
    
        static let modelName: String = {
            var systemInfo = utsname()
            uname(&systemInfo)
            let machineMirror = Mirror(reflecting: systemInfo.machine)
            let identifier = machineMirror.children.reduce("") { identifier, element in
                guard let value = element.value as? Int8, value != 0 else { return identifier }
                return identifier + String(UnicodeScalar(UInt8(value)))
            }
    
            func mapToDevice(identifier: String) -> String { // swiftlint:disable:this cyclomatic_complexity
                #if os(iOS)
                switch identifier {
                case "iPod5,1":                                       return "iPod touch (5th generation)"
                case "iPod7,1":                                       return "iPod touch (6th generation)"
                case "iPod9,1":                                       return "iPod touch (7th generation)"
                case "iPhone3,1", "iPhone3,2", "iPhone3,3":           return "iPhone 4"
                case "iPhone4,1":                                     return "iPhone 4s"
                case "iPhone5,1", "iPhone5,2":                        return "iPhone 5"
                case "iPhone5,3", "iPhone5,4":                        return "iPhone 5c"
                case "iPhone6,1", "iPhone6,2":                        return "iPhone 5s"
                case "iPhone7,2":                                     return "iPhone 6"
                case "iPhone7,1":                                     return "iPhone 6 Plus"
                case "iPhone8,1":                                     return "iPhone 6s"
                case "iPhone8,2":                                     return "iPhone 6s Plus"
                case "iPhone9,1", "iPhone9,3":                        return "iPhone 7"
                case "iPhone9,2", "iPhone9,4":                        return "iPhone 7 Plus"
                case "iPhone10,1", "iPhone10,4":                      return "iPhone 8"
                case "iPhone10,2", "iPhone10,5":                      return "iPhone 8 Plus"
                case "iPhone10,3", "iPhone10,6":                      return "iPhone X"
                case "iPhone11,2":                                    return "iPhone XS"
                case "iPhone11,4", "iPhone11,6":                      return "iPhone XS Max"
                case "iPhone11,8":                                    return "iPhone XR"
                case "iPhone12,1":                                    return "iPhone 11"
                case "iPhone12,3":                                    return "iPhone 11 Pro"
                case "iPhone12,5":                                    return "iPhone 11 Pro Max"
                case "iPhone13,1":                                    return "iPhone 12 mini"
                case "iPhone13,2":                                    return "iPhone 12"
                case "iPhone13,3":                                    return "iPhone 12 Pro"
                case "iPhone13,4":                                    return "iPhone 12 Pro Max"
                case "iPhone14,4":                                    return "iPhone 13 mini"
                case "iPhone14,5":                                    return "iPhone 13"
                case "iPhone14,2":                                    return "iPhone 13 Pro"
                case "iPhone14,3":                                    return "iPhone 13 Pro Max"
                case "iPhone14,7":                                    return "iPhone 14"
                case "iPhone14,8":                                    return "iPhone 14 Plus"
                case "iPhone15,2":                                    return "iPhone 14 Pro"
                case "iPhone15,3":                                    return "iPhone 14 Pro Max"
                case "iPhone15,4":                                    return "iPhone 15"
                case "iPhone15,5":                                    return "iPhone 15 Plus"
                case "iPhone16,1":                                    return "iPhone 15 Pro"
                case "iPhone16,2":                                    return "iPhone 15 Pro Max"
                case "iPhone17,3":                                    return "iPhone 16"
                case "iPhone17,4":                                    return "iPhone 16 Plus"
                case "iPhone17,1":                                    return "iPhone 16 Pro"
                case "iPhone17,2":                                    return "iPhone 16 Pro Max"
                case "iPhone8,4":                                     return "iPhone SE"
                case "iPhone12,8":                                    return "iPhone SE (2nd generation)"
                case "iPhone14,6":                                    return "iPhone SE (3rd generation)"
                case "iPad2,1", "iPad2,2", "iPad2,3", "iPad2,4":      return "iPad 2"
                case "iPad3,1", "iPad3,2", "iPad3,3":                 return "iPad (3rd generation)"
                case "iPad3,4", "iPad3,5", "iPad3,6":                 return "iPad (4th generation)"
                case "iPad6,11", "iPad6,12":                          return "iPad (5th generation)"
                case "iPad7,5", "iPad7,6":                            return "iPad (6th generation)"
                case "iPad7,11", "iPad7,12":                          return "iPad (7th generation)"
                case "iPad11,6", "iPad11,7":                          return "iPad (8th generation)"
                case "iPad12,1", "iPad12,2":                          return "iPad (9th generation)"
                case "iPad13,18", "iPad13,19":                        return "iPad (10th generation)"
                case "iPad4,1", "iPad4,2", "iPad4,3":                 return "iPad Air"
                case "iPad5,3", "iPad5,4":                            return "iPad Air 2"
                case "iPad11,3", "iPad11,4":                          return "iPad Air (3rd generation)"
                case "iPad13,1", "iPad13,2":                          return "iPad Air (4th generation)"
                case "iPad13,16", "iPad13,17":                        return "iPad Air (5th generation)"
                case "iPad14,8", "iPad14,9":                          return "iPad Air (11-inch) (M2)"
                case "iPad14,10", "iPad14,11":                        return "iPad Air (13-inch) (M2)"
                case "iPad2,5", "iPad2,6", "iPad2,7":                 return "iPad mini"
                case "iPad4,4", "iPad4,5", "iPad4,6":                 return "iPad mini 2"
                case "iPad4,7", "iPad4,8", "iPad4,9":                 return "iPad mini 3"
                case "iPad5,1", "iPad5,2":                            return "iPad mini 4"
                case "iPad11,1", "iPad11,2":                          return "iPad mini (5th generation)"
                case "iPad14,1", "iPad14,2":                          return "iPad mini (6th generation)"
                case "iPad16,1", "iPad16,2":                          return "iPad mini (A17 Pro)"
                case "iPad6,3", "iPad6,4":                            return "iPad Pro (9.7-inch)"
                case "iPad7,3", "iPad7,4":                            return "iPad Pro (10.5-inch)"
                case "iPad8,1", "iPad8,2", "iPad8,3", "iPad8,4":      return "iPad Pro (11-inch) (1st generation)"
                case "iPad8,9", "iPad8,10":                           return "iPad Pro (11-inch) (2nd generation)"
                case "iPad13,4", "iPad13,5", "iPad13,6", "iPad13,7":  return "iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation)"
                case "iPad14,3", "iPad14,4":                          return "iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation)"
                case "iPad16,3", "iPad16,4":                          return "iPad Pro (11-inch) (M4)"
                case "iPad6,7", "iPad6,8":                            return "iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (1st generation)"
                case "iPad7,1", "iPad7,2":                            return "iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation)"
                case "iPad8,5", "iPad8,6", "iPad8,7", "iPad8,8":      return "iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (3rd generation)"
                case "iPad8,11", "iPad8,12":                          return "iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (4th generation)"
                case "iPad13,8", "iPad13,9", "iPad13,10", "iPad13,11":return "iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation)"
                case "iPad14,5", "iPad14,6":                          return "iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation)"
                case "iPad16,5", "iPad16,6":                          return "iPad Pro (13-inch) (M4)"
                case "AppleTV5,3":                                    return "Apple TV"
                case "AppleTV6,2":                                    return "Apple TV 4K"
                case "AudioAccessory1,1":                             return "HomePod"
                case "AudioAccessory5,1":                             return "HomePod mini"
                case "i386", "x86_64", "arm64":                       return "Simulator \(mapToDevice(identifier: ProcessInfo().environment["SIMULATOR_MODEL_IDENTIFIER"] ?? "iOS"))"
                default:                                              return identifier
                }
                #elseif os(tvOS)
                switch identifier {
                case "AppleTV5,3": return "Apple TV 4"
                case "AppleTV6,2", "AppleTV11,1", "AppleTV14,1": return "Apple TV 4K"
                case "i386", "x86_64": return "Simulator \(mapToDevice(identifier: ProcessInfo().environment["SIMULATOR_MODEL_IDENTIFIER"] ?? "tvOS"))"
                default: return identifier
                }
                #elseif os(visionOS)
                switch identifier {
                case "RealityDevice14,1": return "Apple Vision Pro"
                default: return identifier
                }
                #endif
            }
    
            return mapToDevice(identifier: identifier)
        }()
    
    }
    

    You call it like this:

    let modelName = UIDevice.modelName
    

    For real devices it returns e.g. "iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation)", for simulators it returns e.g. "Simulator iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation)"

    Here's the model references: