What country is your iPhone from?

While most iPhones are made in the same factory in China, Apple has to change the hardware based on government requirements in different countries, so knowing which country your iPhone comes from can help you understand what you can and can't do with your device.

Why does it matter where your iPhone comes from?

China is the most likely answer when you're wondering which country your iPhone is manufactured in. But checking your iPhone variant is more important than that; you need to check to see which iPhone models support dual SIM capabilities.

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

Unlike dual-SIM models released later in other countries, iPhones made for these countries allow you to use two physical SIM cards — rather than one physical SIM and one eSIM. This is partly due to mainland China's ban on eSIMs. The iPhone 14, 15, and 16 lines — including the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max — are all eSIM-only in the US. This is just the beginning of the eSIM revolution, and we can expect the trend to spread elsewhere in the future.

Also, the country you intend to buy your iPhone from is one of the factors that people check before buying a used device.

How to find out where your iPhone is made

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

1. On iPhone, go to Settings .
2. Select General Settings > About .
3. Next to the Model Number , note the letters at the end of the slash. For example, the iPhone in the example has /A which means it was made for Canada.

Here is a list of Apple country codes:

Code	Nation
A	Canada
AB	Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
B	reland, united kingdom
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	Virtue
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	IDEA
J, JP	Japan
IP	Italy, Portugal
ID	Indonesia
K	Sweden
KH	China, 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	America
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	IDEA
TA	Taiwan
TH	Thailand
TU	Türkiye
TY	IDEA
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

There are subtle differences between models depending on the country where the iPhone was manufactured. As more countries introduce country-specific hardware requirements, the differences between iPhone models can become more significant. So knowing how to check your iPhone variant is helpful.

However, all iPhones sold through Apple and its various official retailers have definitely passed quality testing. Additionally, iPhones purchased through quality retailers will also come with a warranty, regardless of where they were manufactured. So when you buy an iPhone from an official retailer, you can be sure that it will be suitable for your region.