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
Good Deal: $100 credit on a $50 per month contract with Virgin
Virgin is offering customers who sign up to a new $50 per month 24-month contract $100 of credit towards their phone bill.
Lenovo's Yoga Book is a two screen tablet
Lenovo's Yoga Book is a new kind of tablet. While it's similar to a two-in-one or convertible PC, the Yoga Book eschews a keyboard for a second touchscreen, although surface may be a more appropriate phrase.
Top Tips for Staying Safe Online
We all live online now, and what happens on the internet has very real consequences in the real world. Just as we've had to learn how to stay safe in the outside world, we all have a responsibility to understand how we keep ourselves and others safe online.
Vodafone drops price of Sony Xperia XA to $199 on prepaid
Vodafone has dropped the price of Sony's entry level Xperia XA to just $199 in the lead up to Christmas.
Pandora to take on Spotify with Pandora Premium early next year
Pandora will challenge the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music for the likes of streaming music supremacy with its newly unveiled service, Pandora Premium, from early next year.
You can now control your Sonos speakers through Spotify
Connected speaker manufacturer Sonos has launched its first third-party music streaming integration, allowing Spotify subscribers to control their Sonos devices from within the Spotify app.
Naked DSL: Everything you need to know
The provocatively named Naked DSL is a form of ADSL2+ broadband, but without the telephone service. As such, Naked DSL subscribers don't pay line rental. As with ADSL2+, internet is delivered over the same copper-wiring one would normally use for a home phone.
Westworld season 1 now on sale through iTunes
Following last night's finale on Foxtel, Australians can now purchase the entire first season of Westworld through iTunes.
Quickflix back from the dead with focus on new release movies
Quickflix - Australia's first streaming service - is back from the dead after going into voluntary administration and being acquired by the U.S.-based Karma Media Holdings. The relaunched Quickflix still offers both DVD rental and Netflix-style streaming options, but the service has a new emphasis on new release movies and premium titles.
Good deal: 10GB of data for $50 per month from Telstra
Telstra is now offering 10GB of data on its $50 per month BYO phone contract, up from a regular inclusion of 5GB. Other inclusions include $1000 of talk, unlimited text, and a six month Apple Music membership.
