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 Solo Pro Review
The Beats Solo Pro are top notch headphones let down by a tight fit. While this won't be a problem for everyone, their sheer clamping force can make listening to music downright uncomfortable at times.
2020 Mobile Predictions: Five of the biggest changes we're expecting this year
What we're expecting to see in the world of mobile in 2020.
Vodafone won't charge extra for 5G
Vodafone says it won't charge customers more to use access its upcoming 5G network.
Almost all of Vodafone's plans have "unlimited" data now
Vodafone's "data that never ends" is now available on more plans than ever.
Samsung Galaxy Fold Review
The Galaxy Fold is undeniable proof that foldable smartphones can be good. It's surprisingly polished for a first generation product, but it's still a first generation product.
Telstra is making pay phones and its public WiFi free for Christmas
Telstra is giving the gift of phone calls and WiFi this Christmas.
For better and worse, five years of wearing an Apple Watch fundamentally changed me
I've been wearing an Apple Watch for five years, and in that time, I've become a different person.
These kid friendly "smartphones" don't have a camera and start at $99
G-mee is an upcoming range of Australian-designed kid-friendly smart devices.
It's back: 100GB Optus network phone plan for $28 per month
One of Australia's newest telcos, Circles.Life, is slinging a 100GB plan for just $28 per month.
