Meaning of iPad part number?

Here is the list of country codes used by Apple devices.

MB123XX/A or MC123XX/A is the device code and XX is the regional identifier. This code you can find in this list:

• AB - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
• B - Ireland, UK, also used for some replacement phones
• C - Canada
• CZ - Czech Republic
• DN - Austria, Germany, Netherlands
• E - Mexico
• EE - Estonia
• ER - Ireland
• FB - France, Luxembourg
• FD - Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
• GR - Greece
• HN - India
• IP - Italy
• J - Japan
• KH - Korea
• KN - Norway
• KS - Finland, Sweden
• LA - Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru
• LE - Argentina
• LL - USA
• LZ - Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
• MG - Hungary
• MY - Malaysia
• NF - Belgium, France, Luxembourg
• PL - Poland
• PO - Portugal
• PP - Philippines
• RO - Romania
• RS - Russia
• SL - Slovakia
• SO - South Africa
• T - Italy
• TA - Taiwan
• TU - Turkey
• X - Australia, New Zealand
• Y - Spain
• ZA - Singapore
• ZP - Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia

 Cheers, Tom 😉

Its an identifier. A way to tell specific things about the iPad. Such as country of sale, type of iPad ( new, refurbished, egraved) etc... Texas Mac Man explains it better than I

Texas Mac Man:

You can see the model number in Settings>General>About>Model. The model number has a two-letter code, a number and some more letters. The last part stands for the country/region. The first letter can be "F" (refurbished), "M" (normal retail), or "P" (personalized / engraved). For example MC605B is the model MC605 and B is for the region.

What country does my device belong to?

http://www.jbfaq.com/article.asp?id=63

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4751418?tstart=0

WoodsApps wrote:

But what does the /A mean on the model #? I have an iPad 3 MC705LL but another iPad 3 has MC705LL/AA.

Sorry, a bit of a guess, but I think this might have something to do with the "revision"? My main reason for thinking this is that the original "iPad Air" had the "/A" suffix. However, since the 64GB and 128GB versions have been discontinued and the iPad Air 2 has come out, the "iPad Air" now has a "/B" suffix in the Apple Store. Is there any (slight) difference?

It is Apples designation for it. Yours is gray, right.

just what do you mean?

The jbfaq link does no work.

Thanks for the heads up lllaass.

It was kind of an old post by Texas Mac Man. Can't edit my post now to remove it though, so just ignore the link.

But what does the /A mean on the model #? I have an iPad 3 MC705LL but another iPad 3 has MC705LL/AA.

My device starts with "N" (NGLW2LL/A) There are no records of this model anywhere. I think first letter must be "M". Allocation models is manual? Who knows.

I got a rare item. 😮