iPad Mini First Generation Detection (Needs actual device testing!)

UIDevice_iPadMini.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface UIDevice (iPadMini)
@property (nonatomic, readonly, getter = isMiniModel) BOOL miniModel;
@end

UIDevice_iPadMini.m

#import "UIDevice_iPadMini.h"
#include <sys/utsname.h>

@implementation UIDevice (iPadMini)

- (BOOL)isMiniModel
{
    struct utsname deviceData;
    uname(&deviceData);
    NSString * machine = [NSString stringWithCString:deviceData.machine encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    
    NSArray * iPadMiniFirstGenDeviceIdentifiers = @[
        @"iPad2,5",  // WiFi
        @"iPad2,6",  // GSM
        @"iPad2,7",  // CDMA
    ];
    
    NSArray * results = [iPadMiniFirstGenDeviceIdentifiers filteredArrayUsingPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF == %@", machine]];
    if( [results count] > 0 )
        return YES;
    else
        return NO;
}

@end