How To Get iPhone Device Model in Swift

There’s not an a built in way to simply return the model of the device in Swift, however we can create our own method to do so:

Getting The Model Code

The model code is close to the device name, but not exactly. For example an iPhone 11 Pro Max has the model code iPhone12,5.

To get the model code, use this Swift code:

var systemInfo = utsname()
uname(&systemInfo)
let modelCode = withUnsafePointer(to: &systemInfo.machine) {
    $0.withMemoryRebound(to: CChar.self, capacity: 1) {
        ptr in String.init(validatingUTF8: ptr)
    }
}
print(modelCode)

This will print for example x86_64 if you are using a simulator or iPhone12,5 if you are using a real iPhone 11 Pro Max it will say iPhone12,5.

Get Human Readable Model

Now let’s convert this code to a human readable string. We will also add code to get the simulator device name as well. Create an enum and an extension to UIDevice:

public enum Model : String {

    case simulator     = "simulator",

    iPod1              = "iPod 1",
    iPod2              = "iPod 2",
    iPod3              = "iPod 3",
    iPod4              = "iPod 4",
    iPod5              = "iPod 5",

    iPad2              = "iPad 2",
    iPad3              = "iPad 3",
    iPad4              = "iPad 4",
    iPadAir            = "iPad Air ",
    iPadAir2           = "iPad Air 2",
    iPadAir3           = "iPad Air 3",
    iPad5              = "iPad 5",
    iPad6              = "iPad 6",
    iPad7              = "iPad 7",

    iPadMini           = "iPad Mini",
    iPadMini2          = "iPad Mini 2",
    iPadMini3          = "iPad Mini 3",
    iPadMini4          = "iPad Mini 4",
    iPadMini5          = "iPad Mini 5",

    iPadPro9_7         = "iPad Pro 9.7\"",
    iPadPro10_5        = "iPad Pro 10.5\"",
    iPadPro11          = "iPad Pro 11\"",
    iPadPro12_9        = "iPad Pro 12.9\"",
    iPadPro2_12_9      = "iPad Pro 2 12.9\"",
    iPadPro3_12_9      = "iPad Pro 3 12.9\"",

    iPhone4            = "iPhone 4",
    iPhone4S           = "iPhone 4S",
    iPhone5            = "iPhone 5",
    iPhone5S           = "iPhone 5S",
    iPhone5C           = "iPhone 5C",
    iPhone6            = "iPhone 6",
    iPhone6Plus        = "iPhone 6 Plus",
    iPhone6S           = "iPhone 6S",
    iPhone6SPlus       = "iPhone 6S Plus",
    iPhoneSE           = "iPhone SE",
    iPhone7            = "iPhone 7",
    iPhone7Plus        = "iPhone 7 Plus",
    iPhone8            = "iPhone 8",
    iPhone8Plus        = "iPhone 8 Plus",
    iPhoneX            = "iPhone X",
    iPhoneXS           = "iPhone XS",
    iPhoneXSMax        = "iPhone XS Max",
    iPhoneXR           = "iPhone XR",
    iPhone11           = "iPhone 11",
    iPhone11Pro        = "iPhone 11 Pro",
    iPhone11ProMax     = "iPhone 11 Pro Max",

    AppleTV            = "Apple TV",
    AppleTV_4K         = "Apple TV 4K",
    unrecognized       = "?unrecognized?"
}

public extension UIDevice {

    var type: Model {
        var systemInfo = utsname()
        uname(&systemInfo)
        let modelCode = withUnsafePointer(to: &systemInfo.machine) {
            $0.withMemoryRebound(to: CChar.self, capacity: 1) {
                ptr in String.init(validatingUTF8: ptr)
            }
        }

        let modelMap : [String: Model] = [
            "i386"      : .simulator,
            "x86_64"    : .simulator,

            "iPod1,1"   : .iPod1,
            "iPod2,1"   : .iPod2,
            "iPod3,1"   : .iPod3,
            "iPod4,1"   : .iPod4,
            "iPod5,1"   : .iPod5,

            "iPad2,1"   : .iPad2,
            "iPad2,2"   : .iPad2,
            "iPad2,3"   : .iPad2,
            "iPad2,4"   : .iPad2,
            "iPad3,1"   : .iPad3,
            "iPad3,2"   : .iPad3,
            "iPad3,3"   : .iPad3,
            "iPad3,4"   : .iPad4,
            "iPad3,5"   : .iPad4,
            "iPad3,6"   : .iPad4,
            "iPad6,11"  : .iPad5,
            "iPad6,12"  : .iPad5,
            "iPad7,5"   : .iPad6,
            "iPad7,6"   : .iPad6,
            "iPad7,11"  : .iPad7,
            "iPad7,12"  : .iPad7,

            "iPad2,5"   : .iPadMini,
            "iPad2,6"   : .iPadMini,
            "iPad2,7"   : .iPadMini,
            "iPad4,4"   : .iPadMini2,
            "iPad4,5"   : .iPadMini2,
            "iPad4,6"   : .iPadMini2,
            "iPad4,7"   : .iPadMini3,
            "iPad4,8"   : .iPadMini3,
            "iPad4,9"   : .iPadMini3,
            "iPad5,1"   : .iPadMini4,
            "iPad5,2"   : .iPadMini4,
            "iPad11,1"  : .iPadMini5,
            "iPad11,2"  : .iPadMini5,

            "iPad6,3"   : .iPadPro9_7,
            "iPad6,4"   : .iPadPro9_7,
            "iPad7,3"   : .iPadPro10_5,
            "iPad7,4"   : .iPadPro10_5,
            "iPad6,7"   : .iPadPro12_9,
            "iPad6,8"   : .iPadPro12_9,
            "iPad7,1"   : .iPadPro2_12_9,
            "iPad7,2"   : .iPadPro2_12_9,
            "iPad8,1"   : .iPadPro11,
            "iPad8,2"   : .iPadPro11,
            "iPad8,3"   : .iPadPro11,
            "iPad8,4"   : .iPadPro11,
            "iPad8,5"   : .iPadPro3_12_9,
            "iPad8,6"   : .iPadPro3_12_9,
            "iPad8,7"   : .iPadPro3_12_9,
            "iPad8,8"   : .iPadPro3_12_9,

            "iPad4,1"   : .iPadAir,
            "iPad4,2"   : .iPadAir,
            "iPad4,3"   : .iPadAir,
            "iPad5,3"   : .iPadAir2,
            "iPad5,4"   : .iPadAir2,
            "iPad11,3"  : .iPadAir3,
            "iPad11,4"  : .iPadAir3,

            "iPhone3,1" : .iPhone4,
            "iPhone3,2" : .iPhone4,
            "iPhone3,3" : .iPhone4,
            "iPhone4,1" : .iPhone4S,
            "iPhone5,1" : .iPhone5,
            "iPhone5,2" : .iPhone5,
            "iPhone5,3" : .iPhone5C,
            "iPhone5,4" : .iPhone5C,
            "iPhone6,1" : .iPhone5S,
            "iPhone6,2" : .iPhone5S,
            "iPhone7,1" : .iPhone6Plus,
            "iPhone7,2" : .iPhone6,
            "iPhone8,1" : .iPhone6S,
            "iPhone8,2" : .iPhone6SPlus,
            "iPhone8,4" : .iPhoneSE,
            "iPhone9,1" : .iPhone7,
            "iPhone9,3" : .iPhone7,
            "iPhone9,2" : .iPhone7Plus,
            "iPhone9,4" : .iPhone7Plus,
            "iPhone10,1" : .iPhone8,
            "iPhone10,4" : .iPhone8,
            "iPhone10,2" : .iPhone8Plus,
            "iPhone10,5" : .iPhone8Plus,
            "iPhone10,3" : .iPhoneX,
            "iPhone10,6" : .iPhoneX,
            "iPhone11,2" : .iPhoneXS,
            "iPhone11,4" : .iPhoneXSMax,
            "iPhone11,6" : .iPhoneXSMax,
            "iPhone11,8" : .iPhoneXR,
            "iPhone12,1" : .iPhone11,
            "iPhone12,3" : .iPhone11Pro,
            "iPhone12,5" : .iPhone11ProMax,

            "AppleTV5,3" : .AppleTV,
            "AppleTV6,2" : .AppleTV_4K
        ]

        if let model = modelMap[String.init(validatingUTF8: modelCode!)!] {
            if model == .simulator {
                if let simModelCode = ProcessInfo().environment["SIMULATOR_MODEL_IDENTIFIER"] {
                    if let simModel = modelMap[String.init(validatingUTF8: simModelCode)!] {
                        return simModel
                    }
                }
            }
            return model
        }
        return Model.unrecognized
    }
}

Now you can access the device name simply by calling UIDevice().type:

print(UIDevice().type)
// iPhone11ProMax

This code will print the device name for both real devices and simulators.

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Eddy Chung

I teach iOS development on ZeroToAppStore.com.

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