How to get device make and model on iOS?

Question

I was wondering if it\'s possible to determine what kind of iPhone (for example) the currentdevice is? I know it\'s possible to get the model through
NSString

Answer 1

[[UIDevice currentDevice] model] just returns iPhone or iPod, you don't get the numbers of the model that would let you differentiate between different generations of devices.

Code this method:

#include 
...

+ (NSString *)getModel {
    size_t size;
    sysctlbyname("hw.machine", NULL, &size, NULL, 0);
    char *model = malloc(size);
    sysctlbyname("hw.machine", model, &size, NULL, 0);
    NSString *deviceModel = [NSString stringWithCString:model encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    free(model);
    return deviceModel;
}

And call the method [self getModel] whenever you need the model and you'll get i.e: "iPhone5,1" for the ridiculously thin and speedy iPhone 5.

One good practice is to create a class called Utils.h/Utils.m and put methods like getModel there so you can get this info from anywhere in your App simply by importing the class and invoking [Utils getModel];