If you need a case for your iPhone 4/4S, the Otterbox Defender is an amazing case. Amazon is selling it for only $27.24 and my husband just bought one a few weeks ago for $70 at Rogers, so this is an amazing deal. There are other colours where the price varies a little, but you’ll get it for about $26 – $28.

• Click here to shop @ Amazon.ca

My husband needed a sturdy and secure case for his phone after two of his Blackberries lasted only a year each. One died a slow death after a concert in the pouring rain, the other just didn’t have a chance. He also bought me an OtterBox for my Samsung phone when it began acting funny, after constantly being stolen by my kids.

With three layers of protection, you still have complete access to the phone. It has a built-in screen protector and port covers to keep out debris. The silicone case is meant to absorb the impact when the phone is dropped. Not just durable, it looks good too, and comes in a variety of colours.

They also have this case for other types of phones (as I’ve mentioned), just do a search for OtterBox.

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(Expiry: Unknown)

Black’s Canada is handing out free money for activating the new smartphone you were already going to get! What’s not to love?

• Click here to get your new smartphone AND $150 Visa Gift Card @ Black’s

All you have to do to get the $150 Visa gift card is activate a new Koodo plan or a two or three year Telus plan. If you happen to be going with Telus, Black’s will also throw in their “Prints for Life” package for as long as you have the plan. That gives you 1000 free prints per year. This is an in-store only deal but you’re gonna wanna go down to the store to look at the phones anyway.

I think Black’s is doing something very cool. It would be very easy for a photography store to go under nowadays. When your business has traditionally been printing photos and framing, the new digital era is kinda scary. They’ve done all the standard stuff that you need to do in that business but they have gone further. Instead of just accepting digital images and printing them off, they’ve expanded into digital picture frames and mobile devices among others. The mobile phone thing, I think, was their best move. They have realized that the new camera of the masses is the smartphone. With a good camera on your phone, you don’t really need to go get a camera anymore.

For more savings from Black’s check out our Black’s Coupon Code page.

(Expires: 28th April 2013)

Best Buy Canada is having a Spring Savings Event tonight starting at 8pm EST until 10am on Saturday, online only.

• Click here to shop @ Best Buy Canada

Best Buy has listed some of their deals early, but the rest won’t be posted until 8pm. Some of the best ones include:

• $400 off this Sharp AQUOS 52″ 1080p 120hz LED smart TV
• $100 off this Samsung 15.6″ laptop
• $70 off Beats by Dr Dre iBeats sound isolating headphones
• $80 off PlayStation 3 250GB Medal of Honor/God of War bundle
• 25% off all cell phone cases and screen protectors

Get same day free shipping on all orders over $20.

(Expiry: 30th March 2013)

Fido Canada has an excellent promotion on for a cell phone plan. On any two year plan (with contract, works on Androids and seemingly everything but iPhones) you can get an unlimited across Canada talk and international text package for $60 a month with your first month free.

• Click here to view 2-yr plans @ Fido Canada

The unlimited plan includes:

• Unlimited Incoming and Outgoing texts
• Unlimited Outgoing international texts
• Unlimited Picture and Video messaging
• Unlimited Anytime Minutes
• Unlimited Incoming calls
• Unlimited Evenings and weekends
• Canada-wide long distance
• Visual Voicemail Plus and Call Display with Name Display
• 1 GB Data

Plus you get that 1 month free – a $60 (+ tax) value!

I’m with Fido and despite a few issues with reception, I am the most happy on their unlimited plan than I have been with any other carrier (and I have been through four carriers). The price is reasonable and the unlimited leaves me with no worries – I always know what my cell bill is going to be.

(Expiry: Unknown)

Wind Mobile has some pretty impressive deals for Boxing Week. Get some phones for free ($0 on your Wind tab) and some great plans.

• Click here top shop the Wind Boxing Week Deals

You get a choice of the Sony Experia Ion (reg $149 tab), the LG Optimus 4X HD (reg $199 tab) or the Motorola Razr  (reg $99 tab) for $0 on the Wind Tab when you sign up for the $40 a month Unlimited Plan. The Unlimited Plan gives you unlimited data, global text, and Canada/US talk. Pretty impressive!

There are several other deals as well.

• Get a $50 service credit when you bring your phone to Wind and sign up for any Wish Plan ($25 or $40/m)
• Get the Unlimited Mobile Internet Plan for only $25 (save $10)
• Save $10 on the Gowell Pre-paid Value Package – Now $49

Pretty good deals.

Expiry: 31st December 2012

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Virgin Mobile is offering free Visa Pre-Paid Gift Cards when you get select phones on contract with select plans. They are offering up to $100 Pre-Paid Visa Gift Cards.

• Click here for the Virgin Mobile Boxing Week Deals

Here are some of the deals you can check out:

• $100 Pre-Paid Visa Card with a Motorola Razr V
• $100 Pre-Paid Visa Card with a Samsung Galaxy Ace II x
• $100 Pre-Paid Visa Card with a BlackBerry Curve 9320
• $100 Pre-Paid Visa Card with a HTC One S
• $100 Pre-Paid Visa Card with a Samsung Galaxy 551
• $100 Pre-Paid Visa Card with a Samsung Galaxy Gio
• $100 Pre-Paid Visa Card with a Samsung Galaxy S II 4G

All of the above phones start at $0 on the Virgin Mobile Supertab. There are other deals as well, some including iPhones. These are probably only valid for new members, not existing members.

Expiry: Unknown

All three carriers have some good deals but there is a definite winner and a definite loser on these deals. Who will it be? Could the winner be Bell?! Could the loser be Rogers!? … Actually, that’s right. Bell is the winner and Rogers is the loser. Sorry Rogers people…

• Click here to see the Black Friday Cell Phone Deals @ Bell
• Click here to see the Black Friday Cell Phone Deals @ Telus
• Click here to see the Black Friday Cell Phone Deals @ Rogers

Ok, I know, stop your angry emails and listen. I can’t include every carrier so I’m including the big three. If I put WING in there someone is going to get mad because I didn’t include SaskTel or Moblicity. I’m sorry but I just don’t need this kind of hassle in my life. I love you all, but not that much. These are the deals in order of awesome. Again, I’m sorry Rogers.

BELL

• Samsung Galaxy S III – Now $0
• Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE – Now $29.95
• Samsung Galaxy Note – Now $0
• Motorola RAZR V – Now $0

TELUS

• Samsung Galaxy S III – Now $0

ROGERS

• Samsung Galazy S III – Now $79.99

The Clear winner in this deal is the free SGS IIIs. All the other phones that Bell has up are great, although I can’t see why anyone would pay $30 for an SGS II when you can get an SGS III for free. I don’t have the exact before prices (or rather I do, but they are on my computer at work) but the SGS III was around $170 and the other phones were $50 or $60.

All of these are available online or in-store on new 3-year contracts or renewals.

(Bell Expires: 25th November 2012)

(Rogers & Telus Expires: 26th November 2012)

I’ve had a Samsung Galaxy S for two years this month. It has been a great phone but it is getting a bit long in the tooth. I’ve abused it, my son has abused it, I’ve rooted and rommed it multiple times and it just isn’t doing too hot anymore. So I’ve been looking around for a new phone. I’m dreaming, really, because I’m far too cheap to pay the Early Hardware Upgrade Plan (EHUP) fee that Bell charges but it got me to thinking. If I bought a new phone today, on contract, what would I buy?

So I thought I’d share a list of the best cheap smartphones out there. A few caveats:

1. I’m only going to do the big three. Bell, Telus, Rogers. If I start getting into the smaller ones the list will become unwieldy.
2. These are all Android phones. Blackberry can’t compete on this level and iPhone is too expensive.
3. All these prices are under a three year contact. There are huge costs involved in a contract so be aware.
4. This is an opinion piece. My opinion might be different than yours.

Phone: Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Specs: 1.2 GHz Dual Core processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, 4.65″ screen, 1280×720 display, 135 grams. This is the Google dev phone so it gets updates to the latest OS quicker than any other phone.

Price: $30

Carriers: Bell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Phone: HTC One S

Specs: Android 4.0, 1.5GHz Dual Core processor, 1GB RAM, 16 GB Memory. 4.3″ screen, 960×540 resolution, 126 grams. This phone, as with all HTC phones, has the Sense UI over it.

Price: $50 (Telus), $100 (Bell)

Carriers: Bell, Telus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Phone: Motorola RAZR V

Specs: Android 4.0 1.2GHz Dual Core Processor, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB Memory, 4.3″ screen, 960×540 resolution, 130 grams.

Price: $30

Carriers: Bell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Phone: HTC One X

Specs: Android 4.0, 1.5GHz Dual Core processor, 1GB RAM, 16 GB Memory. 4.7″ screen, 1280×720 resolution, 146 grams. This phone, as with all HTC phones, has the Sense UI over it.

Price: $100

Carriers: Telus, Rogers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Phone: Samsung Galaxy Note

Specs: Android 2.3 (upgrade to 4.0), 1.5GHz Dual Core processor, 1GB RAM, 16 GB MEmory. 5.3″ screen, 1280×800 resolution, 178 grams. The screen on this phone is huge and comes with a stylus.

Price: $100

Carriers: This phone is available at all the carriers but is only available for $100 at Telus.

Over on the Telus Mobility website, they’ve started an online only sale for 72 hours, with some special offers on various cellphones.

• Click here to shop the 72 hour sale @ Telus

So, if you’re in the market for a new cellphone, you could have a browse of their offers.

I clicked in to the Ontario deal to see the example offers, so these might vary depending on your province. But here are some examples:

• Free Blackberry Curve 9380
• Free Nexus S
• Free Blackberry Torch 9800
• Free HTC Desire HD

All of the above phones come on a 1 year plan – otherwise the handsets are big bucks to buy on their own. That’s not bad – you’re only tied in to the plan for one year.

Out of the above named handsets, I don’t have much experience with Blackberries at all, but my other half has the HTC Desire HD (I’ve got the iPhone 4). When he first got the phone, I noticed that his screen size was a teensy weensy bit larger than my screen, and the green-eyed electronics jealousy monster reared its head. But even though the HTC Desire HD might have a lovely screen, I still prefer my iPhone (a burgeoning Apple fangirl here!).

Just make sure you read the specifications of the handsets and the small prints of the plans, to make sure you are getting what you need.

(Expiry 1st August 2012)