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
Beats announces new budget buds, Solo 4 on-ear headphones
Both the Solo Buds and Solo 4 boast beefy battery life.
Motorola's new phone comes with $250 "sound by Bose" earbuds
Score free earbuds if you buy the Motorola Edge 50 Pro before the end of May.
Optus now has the fastest NBN 1000 plan
A speed increase has seen Optus overtake Superloop and Telstra when it comes to NBN 1000 performance.
TPG mobile customers might be able to use the Optus network in regional Australia next year
If approved, the TPG mobile network would receive a hefty coverage boost.
Vaya is shutting down, no longer taking new customers
Existing Vaya mobile customers will be moved to amaysim.
Hubbl Glass TV Review: An unusually interesting TV
Interesting good, and interesting bad.
Samsung has a new rugged phone and tablet
The Galaxy XCover 7 can survive drops of 1.5m on to steel.
Telstra has a number you can text to see if your phone will work after the 3G shutdown
An easy way to find out if you need to upgrade your device.
