Return iOS device model number

Question

There are a number of answers to find the device name (iPhone 2,1; etc). (iOS - How to get device make and model?)

I\'d like to find a way to return the device model (M

Answer 1

It isn't possible, unfortunately.

As of now, the only to get the device's color is using a private API (like described in this answer).

Answer 2

Include the following directive

#include <sys/sysctl.h>

Implement the following method

-(NSString*)hwModel
{
    size_t size;
    char *kHwModel = "hw.model";
    sysctlbyname(kHwModel, NULL, &size, NULL, 0);

    char *answer = malloc(size);
    sysctlbyname(kHwModel, answer, &size, NULL, 0);

    NSString *results = [NSString stringWithCString:answer encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    free(answer);
    return results;
}

and in call the above method as follows:-

[self hwModel];

Answer 3

You can try to get the serial numbers，I remember that some letter is to determine the phone color, but I not sure.