Reference
iPhone model identifiers, decoded.
Model names hide the details. Here is how Apple's machine-readable identifiers work, which identifier belongs to which iPhone, and how to resolve one without a web lookup.
How to read an identifier
A model identifier is a string like iPhone17,3. It is the machine-readable name the operating system gives the hardware — what diagnostics logs, crash reports, analytics data, and development tools print when they need to say which device they are talking about. Unlike the marketing name, it is unambiguous: there is exactly one iPhone17,3, and it is always the iPhone 16.
Reading one is straightforward once you know the shape:
- The prefix (iPhone) is the product family; the major number (17) is the hardware generation; the minor number (,3) picks out the exact model within it.
- One identifier maps to exactly one hardware product — the same marketing name can cover several storage tiers and regional variants, but they all share one identifier.
- The minor number follows Apple's internal assignment order, not the marketing tier: iPhone17,1 is the iPhone 16 Pro while iPhone17,3 is the plain iPhone 16.
Why a table is only half the answer
A lookup table (like the one below) answers "which model is this identifier?" — the reverse question, "which device am I holding?", is better served on-device.
- Apple's support article lists every iPhone by year with photos and A-numbers — the canonical reference for matching a device in your hand to a name.
- It resolves to a model line, not your exact unit: it will not tell you which regional variant, storage tier, or post-repair configuration you are holding.
- On-device identification reads the identifiers the hardware itself reports, so there is nothing to eyeball and nothing to misquote — even when a lookup table has not caught up with the latest release.
iPhone identifiers, iPhone 11 to today
Table as of August 2026. Marketing names and introduction years follow Apple's support article; identifier strings follow the community-maintained Apple device codes list (theiphonewiki.com), corroborated by public Geekbench submissions. Apple does not publish identifier strings on its support pages.
| Identifier | Marketing name |
|---|---|
| 2019 | |
| iPhone12,1 | iPhone 11 |
| iPhone12,3 | iPhone 11 Pro |
| iPhone12,5 | iPhone 11 Pro Max |
| 2020 | |
| iPhone12,8 | iPhone SE (2nd generation) |
| iPhone13,1 | iPhone 12 mini |
| iPhone13,2 | iPhone 12 |
| iPhone13,3 | iPhone 12 Pro |
| iPhone13,4 | iPhone 12 Pro Max |
| 2021 | |
| iPhone14,4 | iPhone 13 mini |
| iPhone14,5 | iPhone 13 |
| iPhone14,2 | iPhone 13 Pro |
| iPhone14,3 | iPhone 13 Pro Max |
| 2022 | |
| iPhone14,6 | iPhone SE (3rd generation) |
| iPhone14,7 | iPhone 14 |
| iPhone14,8 | iPhone 14 Plus |
| iPhone15,2 | iPhone 14 Pro |
| iPhone15,3 | iPhone 14 Pro Max |
| 2023 | |
| iPhone15,4 | iPhone 15 |
| iPhone15,5 | iPhone 15 Plus |
| iPhone16,1 | iPhone 15 Pro |
| iPhone16,2 | iPhone 15 Pro Max |
| 2024 | |
| iPhone17,1 | iPhone 16 Pro |
| iPhone17,2 | iPhone 16 Pro Max |
| iPhone17,3 | iPhone 16 |
| iPhone17,4 | iPhone 16 Plus |
| 2025 | |
| iPhone17,5 | iPhone 16e |
| iPhone18,1 | iPhone 17 Pro |
| iPhone18,2 | iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| iPhone18,3 | iPhone 17 |
| iPhone18,4 | iPhone Air |
| 2026 | |
| iPhone18,5 | iPhone 17e |
On-device resolution
How Lirum resolves an identifier to the exact model.
Lirum Device Info 2 reads the identifiers directly from the device and resolves them against built-in Apple reference data — 94 device models and 252 specification fields, no network lookup required.
- The Device information browser (Free) identifies the model before you quote or repair, from the identifiers the device itself reports.
- It maps model identifiers to the SoC and surfaces regional variants, product codes, and the hardware tree: chipset and memory context, internal interfaces, USB details, and radio data.
- The Hardware Browser (Premium, beta) walks the hardware tree directly, and the Apple hardware timeline places the identified model against every other product line.
- The same resolution works across iPhone, iPad, Mac (Apple silicon), Apple Vision Pro, and Apple Watch.