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An easy way to get a pretty name for an iOS device model.
import UIKit
extension UIDevice {
/// A "pretty" device name for the machine identifier.
///
/// Current for devices supporting iOS 9 and later and tvOS 9 and later, as of WWDC 2019.
var modelName: String {
var machineString = String()
var systemInfo = utsname()
uname(&systemInfo)
let machineMirror = Mirror(reflecting: systemInfo.machine)
machineString = machineMirror.children.reduce("") { identifier, element in
guard let value = element.value as? Int8 , value != 0 else { return identifier }
return identifier + String(UnicodeScalar(UInt8(value)))
}
switch machineString {
// iPod touch
case "iPod5,1": return "iPod Touch (5th generation)"
case "iPod7,1": return "iPod Touch (6th generation)"
case "iPod9,1": return "iPod Touch (7th generation)"
// iPhone
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 "iPhone8,4": return "iPhone SE"
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 "iPhone11,8": return "iPhone XR"
case "iPhone11,2": return "iPhone XS"
case "iPhone11,4", "iPhone11,6": return "iPhone XS Max"
// iPad
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 "iPad4,1", "iPad4,2", "iPad4,3": return "iPad Air (2013)"
case "iPad5,3", "iPad5,4": return "iPad Air 2"
case "iPad6,11", "iPad6,12": return "iPad (5th generation)"
case "iPad7,5", "iPad7,6": return "iPad (6th generation)"
case "iPad11,3", "iPad11,4": return "iPad Air (2019)"
// iPad mini
case "iPad2,5", "iPad2,6", "iPad2,7": return "iPad mini (2012)"
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 (2019)"
// iPad Pro
case "iPad6,3", "iPad6,4": return "iPad Pro (9.7-inch)"
case "iPad6,7", "iPad6,8": return "iPad Pro (12.9-inch 1G)"
case "iPad7,1", "iPad7,2": return "iPad Pro (12.9-inch 2G)"
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)"
case "iPad8,5","iPad8,6","iPad8,7","iPad8,8": return "iPad Pro (12.9-inch 3G)"
// HomePod
case "AudioAccessory1,1": return "HomePod"
// Apple TV
case "AppleTV5,3": return "Apple TV (4th generation)"
case "AppleTV6,2": return "Apple TV 4K"
// Devices not covered above
default: return machineString
}
}
}
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kudit commented Mar 21, 2024

This is very useful. I have created a project that allows getting and returning all these models and visionOS and newer iOS devices. Please let me know what you think: http://github.com/kudit/Device

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aehlke commented Apr 18, 2024

Thank you @kudit

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