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.
Google Stadia is coming this Fall to Canada but the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a will be the only smartphones that support it at launch. WhistleOut looks at what phones we most want to use when playing on Google Stadia.
The next generation of gaming is starting to come into the light. All of these services run your games in the Cloud but none of them work on your cell phone or tablet... yet. That's where Google Stadia comes in.
Although it's lacking a few flagship features like wireless charging and a fast processor, the Pixel 3a offers incredible performance for a mid-range smartphone price. Released earlier this month, the prices have already gone down with select carriers.
Major cities across the country have excellent coverage with next-gen technology from all major carriers, but what about up north? Check what your coverage will be like at the cottage before you hit the highway this weekend.
The new Google Pixel 3a has got flagship-level features, an industry leading camera, and costs as little as $550. If you want it for even cheaper then get to a Fido store where it can cost as little as $360 over two years with qualifying trade-in.
For a limited time, customers buying a new 128GB model of the popular Samsung Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10 on select plans will get a free on-board storage upgrade to 256GB or 512GB.
For a limited time, customers can get a free set of AirPods when they buy a new iPhone in-store with Rogers Wireless or Telus Mobility.
The new moto g7 play costs as little as $250 outright and is available with major carriers. With a 13MP camera, 5.7" screen and mid-range CPU this is the best price-per-performance you can find in Canada on a new smartphone.
Public Mobile has made changes to three of their most popular plans that offered some of the cheapest talk, text and data in Canada.
Butterfingered smartphone owners may want to take advantage of open enrollment at Rogers and Fido for Device Protection Plans.
Hundreds of cell phone plans unpacked. All the facts. No surprises.