How to Find Out What Country Your iPhone Came From

It's estimated that there are a billion iPhones in the world. However, these billion iPhones are not all the same. Because Apple sells iPhones in various countries, it has to alter its hardware slightly depending on government requirements across the globe.

Although most iPhones were made in the same Chinese factories, learning which country your iPhone was originally made for reveals interesting facts about your device. If you want to perform an iPhone country check, you're in the right place; that's what we'll discuss today.

Why It Matters Where Your iPhone Came From

China is the most likely answer when looking to see which country your iPhone was made in. But an iPhone variant check is crucial for much more than that; you need it to understand which iPhone models support dual SIM capabilities.

In 2018, Apple released the first iPhone models with dual SIM card slots. However, it was limited to the iPhone XR and XS Max models sold in China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Unlike the dual SIM models released later in other countries, iPhones manufactured for these countries let you use two physical SIM cards—instead of supplementing one for an eSIM. This was partly due to mainland China having a ban on eSIMs. The iPhone 14, meanwhile, is eSIM only—but only in the US.

In addition, your iPhone's intended country is one of the factors that people check before purchasing a second-hand device.

How to Find Out Where Your iPhone Was Manufactured For

To learn which country your iPhone was made for, here's what you have to do:

On your iPhone, go to Settings.
Select General.
Tap About.
Next to Model Number, take note of the first two letters before the slash.
Match the two letters to the table of manufacturing codes below.

Here's the list of Apple's country manufacturing codes:

Code	Country
A	Canada
AB	Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
B	Ireland, UK
BG	Bulgaria
BR	Brazil (Assembled in Brazil)
BT	UK
BZ	Brazil (Assembled in China)
C, CL	Canada
CH	China
CI	Paraguay
CM	Croatia, Hungary
CR	Croatia
CS	Czech Republic, Slovakia
CN	Slovakia
CZ	Czech Republic
D, DM	Germany
DN	Austria, Germany, Netherlands
E	Mexico
EE	Estonia
EL	Estonia, Latvia
ER	Ireland
ET	Estonia
F	France
FB	France, Luxembourg
FD	Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
FS	Finland
GB	Greece
GH	Hungary
GP	Portugal
GR	Greece
HB	Israel
HC	Hungary, Bulgaria
HN	India
IP	Italy
J, JP	Japan
IP	Italy, Portugal
ID	Indonesia
K	Sweden
KH	China, South Korea
KN	Denmark, Norway
KS	Finland, Sweden
LA	Barbados, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico
LE	Argentina
LL	United States
LP	Poland
LT	Lithuania
LV	Latvia
LZ	Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
MG	Hungary
MM	Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro
MY	Malaysia
ND	Netherlands
NF	Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Portugal
PK	Poland, Finland
PL, PM	Poland
PO	Portugal
PP	Republic of the Philippines
PY	Spain
QB	Russia
QN	Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
QL	Italy, Portugal, Spain
RO	Romania
RP	Russia
RR	Moldova, Russia
RS, RU	Russia
RM	Kazakhstan, Russia
RK	Kazakhstan
SE	Serbia
SL	Slovakia
SO	South Africa
SU	Ukraine
T	Italy
TA	Taiwan
TH	Thailand
TU	Turkey
TY	Italy
VN	Vietnam
X	Australia, New Zealand
Y	Spain
ZA	Singapore
ZD	Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland
ZG	Denmark
ZO	UK
ZP	Hong Kong, Macau
ZQ	Jamaica

Learn Where Your iPhone Is From

There are subtle differences in models depending on which country an iPhone was manufactured for. As more nations introduce country-specific hardware requirements, the differences between iPhone models may matter more. So, knowing how to do an iPhone variant check is useful.

However, all iPhones that are sold through Apple and its various official retailers are sure to have passed quality testing. In addition, an iPhone purchased through quality retailers will also have a warranty, no matter where it was manufactured.