Get device type (phone/tablet/other) by brand name

Question

I have a long list of devices names and manufacturers that I got from various sources. I am searching for a programmatic way (probably api) to determine which of the devices are phones, which are tablets and which are something else (a computer for example).

I searched the web and I could only find the WURFL API which is pretty good, but it is not able to determine a device only by its name.

Some examples of devices (name, manufactures):

Galaxy Note 3, Samsung

MID-97D, Netbook

Thanks for the help!

Edit:

All the answers were very good. If I could split the bounty I would have done that.

I chose to give the bounty for the GSMArena answer because it was the most useful and practical one.

Thanks everyone!

Answer 1

I suggest a simpler approach. Whenever a device is used for wireless communication it has to be certified. In the US - that's the FCC.

They have an API:

https://data.fcc.gov:443/api/accessibilityclearinghouse/product/searchProducts?api_key=23232323&format=json&rowPerPage=20&searchString=galaxy%20s4

This gladly returns:

  "maker": "Samsung",

See it here: https://ach.fcc.gov/for-developers//#!/API/product_searchProducts_get

You can also query apis like eBay and Amazon.