[CB-14028] device.model does not behave as documented on Android

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-device

Environment

Device: Samsung Galaxy S5
Model: SM-G900F
Platform: Android

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mathijs
• Created: 12/Apr/18 13:03
• Updated: 13/Oct/22 21:14
• Resolved: 13/Oct/22 21:14

Description

The documentation states:

Gets the product name instead of the model name, which is often the production code name. For example, the Nexus One returns Passion, and Motorola Droid returns voles.

Hence, for the Samsung Galaxy S5, we would expect the production code name `klte`. Instead, we're getting `SM-G900F`, which is inconsistent with the documented example.

However, in the quirk above suggests that it is 'often' the production code name. Does this mean that the result can be expected to be inconsistent, that is, sometimes the product name and sometimes the model name?

Note that the official device list from Google specifies a 'Marketing Name', a 'Device' and a 'Model - the latter two being `klte` and `SM-G900F`, respectively, in the provided example.