Stories by John Quintet
Stop Buying the iPhone Air at Full Price: Best Buy Canada Just Dropped a Major Deal
If you have been waiting for a discount on Apple’s latest iPhone Air, your patience has paid off. Best Buy Canada has officially started selling Geek Squad Certified Open Box units of the iPhone Air for the first time. The deal allows shoppers to save $150 off the regular retail price. For example, the 256GB...
Fido and Virgin Plus Drop $49 Roaming Plans to Fight Koodo, but Freedom is Still Cheaper
The competition among Canada’s flanker brands is heating up just in time for spring break. Koodo was the first ‘Big 3’ flanker brand to launch a Canada-US-Mexico roaming plan, but now Fido and Virgin Plus have followed suit, begrudgingly. In a move to grab the attention of travellers, both Fido and Virgin Plus are undercutting...
Apple’s Secret New Wearable Could Replace Your iPhone Camera by 2027
Apple is reportedly working on a new AI-powered wearable that could change how users document their daily lives. According to a report from The Information, Apple is prototyping a device roughly the size of an AirTag that can be pinned to clothing. The wearable is currently slated for a potential release as early as 2027,...
TikTok Canada Saved from Shutdown as Federal Court Overturns Liberal Order
A federal court has overturned a Liberal government order that would have forced TikTok Canada to shut down its business operations. The ruling, first reported by Politico, sends the case back to Industry Minister Mélanie Joly for a second review. On Wednesday, a federal judge quashed the 2024 order that sought to close the tech...
Surprise: Ads are Officially Coming to Your Threads Feed Starting Next Week
If you have been enjoying a relatively ad-free experience on Meta’s Threads, get ready for a change. Meta has announced today that starting next week, it will begin rolling out ads to all users and markets globally. This comes as the platform officially hits a massive milestone of 400 million monthly active users just two...
Bell Offers Secret $40 Plan with 100GB of Data and Free AI to Existing Customers
Bell again is reaching out to its existing home internet and TV customers with some mobile plan discounts that are not available to the general public. An iPhone in Canada reader recently shared an email invite showing that the company is trying to convince its current household subscribers to move their wireless service over to...
The Remote Is Your Ballot: Netflix Launches Real-Time Voting for Live Specials Starting Today
Netflix is giving its members a new way to interact with the screen. The streaming giant has officially launched real-time voting, a feature that allows viewers to influence the outcome of live specials as they happen. The new tool makes its debut today with the premiere of Star Search at 6pm PT/9pm ET. While Netflix...
“Hang Up and Call Back Later”: Manitoba Family Sues Telus After 911 Service Failure
A Manitoba family is taking Telus to court after a 911 service outage left them unable to get help while a loved one suffered a fatal heart attack. The lawsuit, filed in the Court of King’s Bench on behalf of Greg Switzer and his family, stems from the death of 55-year-old Dean Switzer on March...
Bell’s New 4-in-1 Streaming Bundle Could Cut Your Monthly Bills by 37%
Bell is launching a new 4-in-1 streaming bundle for customers in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan starting today. This rollout follows a similar release in Ontario and Quebec last year, which originally featured three services: Crave, Netflix, and Disney+. However, this new bundle version adds live sports to the package, debuting first in Western Canada....
How Starlink’s New $70 Plan Is Changing the Math for Rural Canadian Internet
SpaceX’s Starlink has officially overhauled its Canadian service, moving away from its traditional high-cost model to a tiered system that starts at just $70 CAD per month, depending on location. This shift, which began as a limited rollout in late 2025, has now evolved into a permanent restructuring of how the satellite giant sells internet...
Rogers vs Bell: New 2025 Speed Rankings Reveal a Surprising Winner After Data Fix
Rogers is officially the fastest internet service provider in Canada for 2025 according to one testing firm, but it took a bit of a data correction to get there. The latest broadband rankings from Speedgeo initially named Shaw as the top performer. However, after iPhone in Canada pointed out that Rogers and Shaw have been...
Freedom Mobile Basically Admits Its App is Bad with This New Job Posting
If you have been frustrated with the Freedom Mobile app lately, some much-needed changes might finally be coming. The carrier recently posted a job opening for a Team Lead of Digital Apps in Toronto, and the description basically admits what frustrated customers have been saying for years: the digital side of the business needs a...