Staff Writer
Stephen is the Senior Writer for WhistleOut Canada and lives in Toronto, Ontario. His tech expertise is vast and ancient with more than two decades of digital content creation under his belt. When he's not demystifying the Canadian wireless market and writing gadget reviews for WhistleOut, he's doing the same for his family. Stephen's writing career began in 2015 with GeekDad and includes gigs writing for Paste Magazine, Canadian Game Devs and RBC.
The TCL 20 Pro 5G is a good choice for many Canadians who want something visually impressive with above-average performance, yet value saving money over getting the fastest premium gaming smartphone.
A VPN (virtual private network) is the easiest and most effective way to protect your online identity, location, and browsing history. When you connect to a secure VPN server, your internet traffic is routed through an encrypted tunnel that nobody can see into—not the government, your internet service provider (ISP), or even hackers.
Chatr offers affordable prepaid talk, text, and even data plans with cell phones anyone can buy on a single paycheck. Options are limited, but WhistleOut Canada helps you find which one you should buy.
Freedom Mobile is the first Canadian carrier to offer data-only plans on smartphones. Tablets and mobile hotspots may work and you can test it in any Freedom Mobile store. WhistleOut lists the best data plans based on your use with this guide.
Rogers Wireless offers the widest variety of mobile plans for smartphones, tablets, hotspots and even smartwatches like the Apple Watch. WhistleOut puts all your options in one place so you can connect in any way wherever you are in Canada.
The newest z-series phone from Motorola goes beyond their original 3-year promise to support moto mods that let every owner customize their phone’s performance to their needs. With the mods or without, the moto z4 is one of the best-priced flagship smartphones on the market and will be released in Canada this summer.
The new Pixel 5 offers 5G connectivity on the Rogers, Bell and Telus networks. The Pixel 5 is available to pre-order now, but the delivery date in Canada is still not public. We expect the Pixel 5 to be available on two year plans with every major wireless carrier nationwide.
Fido has added another way to make buying a new cell phone even more affordable. Tab Mini plans offer select mid-range and low-end phones for $0 down and $0/month on top of most monthly plans. You need to sign up for two years but you get a new phone at no additional cost.
Find out how Telus has supported its customers through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Motorola edge+ is a premium smartphone that will work on any current 5G network in Canada. The Motorola edge+ is the most refined and sophisticated package of any top-tier device we’ve tested.
Hundreds of cell phone plans unpacked. All the facts. No surprises.