Articles By Alex Choros
Alex Choros
Alex Choros is the Managing Editor of WhistleOut Australia and an award-winning journalist. He's been writing about consumer technology for over a decade and is an expert on the Australian telco sector, to the point where he knows far too many phone and internet plans by heart. In addition to leading the WhistleOut editorial team, Alex is responsible for ruining the office Sonos with his troubled taste in music.
Throughout his career as a journalist, Alex has covered international trade shows, spent three years co-hosting a tech show on community radio, and was awarded Highly Commended in the Best Reviewer category of the 2018 IT Journalism Awards and the 2021 IT Journalism Awards. His work contributed to WhistleOut Australia winning the Best Consumer Technology Coverage award in the 2023 IT Journalism Awards. Alex won the Consensus Award for Best Investigative Writer in 2024, and the Consensus Award for Best Editor in 2025.
He regularly contributed to Gizmodo and Lifehacker, and he often pops up on 2GB and 3AW to talk telco. On weekends, you'll find Alex at a wine bar, on a hike, or in the middle of a mosh pit.
Expertise
- Mobile plans
- Internet plans
- Smartphones and tablets
- Headphones and speakers
- NBN
- Telco
Awards
- Best Editor (2025 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
- Best Investigative Writer (2024 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
- Best Consumer Technology Coverage (2023 IT Journalism Awards)
- Finalist - Most Controversial Writer (2023 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
- Highly Commended - Best Reviewer (2021 IT Journalism Awards)
- Highly Commended - Best Reviewer (2018 IT Journalism Awards)
Education
- Masters of Strategic Public Relations - University of Sydney (2013 - 2015)
- Bachelor of Creative Industries and Information Technology - Queensland University of Technology (2008 - 2012)
Featured Publications
Telstra launches home wireless broadband plans
Telstra has thrown down the gauntlet and entered the emerging world of home wireless broadband. Designed for renters or households without access to a fixed line connection, home wireless broadband delivers internet over 4G instead.
Telstra launches new modem with 4G fallback
Telstra is now offering broadband customers a new kind of modem with an integrated 4G backup. Dubbed the Telstra Gateway Frontier, the modem router will automatically rollover to the Telstra 4G network in the event of maintenance, an outage, or simply when you're waiting for the NBN to installed.
BeatsX now available to order
After several lengthy delays, Apple's BeatsX earphones are now available for order. Priced at $199.95, BeatsX are a neckband-style pair of in-ear wireless headphones with the same W1 chip found in AirPods.
Beoplay H4: Premium headphones at a slightly more affordable price
Bang & Olfusen has introduced its cheapest pair of over-ear wireless headphones yet, the $399 Beoplay H4.
Telstra mobile customers get data-free live streaming of AFL, NRL, and Netball
All Telstra mobile customers will continue to get data-free access to live AFL and NRL matches through a suite of revamped apps available for both iPhone and Android. In addition, subscribers will now also get access to Netball matches, thanks to a new partnership with the code.
Water-resistance on the kind-of-cheap: Samsung Galaxy A7 and A5 available from February 16
Samsung's bringing two new midrange smartphones to Australia from February 16: the 5.7-inch Galaxy A7, and the 5.2-inch Galaxy A5.
NBN expecting to reach halfway milestone this year
NBN today announced that four million premises are now able to connect to the National Broadband Network. The company says that more than a third of all Australian premises can now internet delivered over the National Broadband Network, and expects to up this to half by around the middle of the year.
Sony Xperia XZ Review
After a couple of missteps, Sony's made a premium smartphone that feels premium again.
Huawei auctioning off Porsche Design Mate 9 for charity
Huawei is auctioning off a limited edition Mate 9 smartphone co-created with Porsche Design to support cancer research.
Android Nougat comes to Moto Z, Moto Z Play, Moto G4 Plus
Moto Z, Moto Z Play, and Moto G4 Plus smartphones sold in Australia and New Zealand can now be updated to Nougat, the latest version of the Android operating system.
