Let's find out the iPhone release date simply

Due to the fairly high cost of the iPhone, and most importantly, due to the huge number of fakes, be sure to carefully check the data about the device before purchasing. Especially before purchasing it, it would be useful to find out the date and place of release of this iPhone. This alone will help ensure its originality. Because There have been cases when an old refurbished phone was inserted into the case of a new model, and outwardly it looked quite decent. But the factory serial number and other codes are registered in the device’s memory and cannot be changed.

In light of the fact that with the release of the new iPhone 6S, many owners will sell their used “sixes” in order to buy a more advanced new product, these instructions will probably come in handy.

Looking for the serial number

In this case, an analysis of the device’s serial number will be very informative, which will help to immediately discard dubious gadgets at the initial stage. It can be found on the original packaging of any iPhone, on the reverse side - on a sticker with the main characteristics and barcodes. Therefore, having a branded box is especially important when buying used iPhones. We are interested in the second row of numbers marked - Serial No. It contains encrypted data about the place of production (which specific plant), the production date (six months and weeks), information about the series and technical parameters, and the personal code of this device.

However, there are cases where cunning dealers pack a fake or problematic iPhone (locked, broken, restored, stolen, locked, etc.) into the original box. So be sure to check the data on the package and those preinstalled in the phone itself. True, they can only be recognized by turning on the smartphone; if it is new and not configured, ask the seller to help activate it.

After that, go to settings. Select the section - General, and in it - the item “About the device”. If the data matches completely, great!

It is also important to find out the release and activation date of the iPhone to correctly calculate the validity period of the official warranty. Especially if the previous owner activated it immediately, and the required year has already passed. You can check the remaining support period of the manufacturer in a special section on the Apple website.

You can also get information about the serial number from your iPhone purchase receipt. Authorized points write down this data so that the user has confirmation of the start of the warranty period.

Another way to find manufacturer data about an iPhone is to connect it to a computer on which the proprietary iTunes application is installed (always download its latest version to avoid update conflicts and errors).

After connecting, find your device in the program menu and select it. Click on the first tab in the list of settings – Overview. Information about the capacity, cell phone number and serial number will be displayed.

In older iPhone models, the serial number was imprinted on the SIM card slot. Starting with “fives”, only IMEI (MEID) is indicated on the back of the case.

Determining production time

So, we found the serial number. What will he tell us? Until 2012, the old encoding was used - eleven characters. In it, the third, from the left, symbol showed the last digit of the year, and the 4th and 5th - the corresponding week - in the interval from the first to the fifty-third.

Modern iPhone models have a twelve-digit code consisting of a combination of letters and numbers. When checking, please note that Apple never uses the letter O in serial numbers; it will most likely be the number zero. Otherwise, the search will give an error, although in fact everything is fine with the smartphone.

For example, let's see what this serial number of this iPhone tells us.

In the “About Device” menu of the smartphone settings we find the required code: F17NGDERG5MG. We are interested in the two letters in the middle: the fourth and fifth - F17 NG DERG5MG.

Let's use the special plates below to find out the production date. We look at the letter N in the first table - this is the code for the year of manufacture. It means that the device was manufactured in 2014, in the second half of the year.

1. Spelling table (4th character in serial number)

Years of iPhone production:

Now we clarify the week of production by punching the letter G in another table (we select the column for the second half of the year, based on the results of the analysis of the previous code). It turns out that our iPhone was released in week 39.

1. Identification table by letter (5th character in serial number)

iPhone production weeks:

In addition, almost all of the listed information about the device, without unnecessary “problems,” can be found using the following service.

The given result completely coincides with ours. This iPhone was released in 2014, in week 39, by the Chinese manufacturer Foxconn, which officially manufactures most of Apple’s equipment. You can safely take such a device.