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
Apple Arcade: Everything you need to know
Everything you need to know about Apple's new video game subscription service.
Ikea's Sonos speakers are now available
Sonos and Ikea's Symonfisk collab speakers are available in Australia now.
Optus has two more 5G smartphones: Galaxy S10 5G & OPPO Reno 5G
Optus is expanding its range of 5G smartphones, but coverage is still quite limited.
These are the three new Alexa speakers coming to Australia real soon
Amazon has a whole host of new Alexa-powered Echo devices coming to Australia.
Xiaomi's Mi Mix Alpha is 180.6% screen because numbers don’t mean anything any more
Bursting at the seams with screen.
YubiKey 5Ci is the first hardware security key for iPhone
Yubico's YubiKey 5Ci is a hardware security that supports both Lightning and USB Type-C connectors.
Amazon gets into second-hand smartphones with "Renewed" iPhones and Samsungs
Amazon now sells refurbished smartphones in Australia.
Optus offers regional customers three months of free service
Optus is offering customers in over 1,400 regional areas three months of free service.
Last Week's Most Popular Phone Plans (23/09/19)
Here are the most popular phone plans from the WhistleOut database in the last week.
iPhone 11 vs. iPhone 11 Pro: Is it worth splashing out?
The key differences between the iPhone 11 and its Pro sibling.
