What Serial Number of Your iPhone Really Means

Summary : The serial number seems to be some random grouping of numbers stamped on the back of your iPhone, however something about it is just digged out by OSX Daily.

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The serial number seems to be some random grouping of numbers stamped on the back of your iPhone, however something about it is just digged out by OSX Daily.
OSX Daily has published a guide that breaks down what the dutch all those numbers actually mean. From the serial number owners can tell what week their device was manufactured, the hard drive size, the production year and even the factory and machine ID.
Serial numbers come in the form AABCCDDDEEF which can be read as follows:
AA = Factory and machine ID
B = Year manufactured (simplified to final digit, 2010 is 0, 2011 is 1, etc)
CC = Week of production
DDD = Unique identifier (not the same as UDID)
EE = Color of device
F = Size of storage, S is 16GB and T is 32GB
Older models like the 3GS have a slightly different reference model changing the letters associated with hard drive size etc. The serial numbers for the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 CDMA versions don’t follow this patter either. OSX Daily issued the following list of devices that follow the above format.
VR0 (iPhone 2G Silver 4GB)
WH8 (iPhone 2G Silver 8GB)
0KH (iPhone 2G Silver 16GB)
Y7H (iPhone 3G Black 8GB)
Y7K (iPhone 3G Black 16GB)
3NP (iPhone 3GS Black 16GB)
3NR (iPhone 3GS Black 32GB)
3NQ (iPhone 3Gs White 16GB)
3NS (iPhone 3Gs White 32GB)
A4S (iPhone 4 Black 16GB)
A4T (iPhone 4 Black 32GB)
While this won’t help you do anything new with your iPhone, it’s interesting to know exactly what goes into the construction of a serial number. So do you get the informations of your iPhones now?
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