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
Motorola Moto G5 Review
The Moto G5 isn't a bad phone, but it makes a few too many compromises in keeping costs down. In most cases, you'll be better off spending $100 more and grabbing the Moto G5 Plus instead.
Laser's alarm clock will wirelessly charge your Galaxy S8
Human sacrifice, cats and dogs living together, alarm clocks that wirelessly charge your phone.
Virgin now ranging Sony's Xperia XZ
Virgin Mobile is the latest place where you can pick up Sony's late 2016 flagship smartphone.
Amaysim now selling NBN: Plans start at $60 with unlimited data
Looking for an NBN provider? You can now add Amaysim to the shortlist.
Virgin's one-day only big data offer: 17GB for $50
17GB for $50 a month. Enough said.
HSBC is the latest bank to offer Apple Pay
Got a credit card with HSBC? You can now use Apple Pay.
Vodafone taking expressions of interest for upcoming NBN service
Vodafone wants to know if you're interested in its upcoming home broadband offering.
The Hua-wait is over: P10 and P10 Plus on sale from May 25
Huawei's latest flagship smartphones are almost here. And we're getting at least one in blue!
The $328 A57 is OPPO's latest bang-for-buck smartphone
The OPPO A57 is the latest device from the value-driven Chinese manufacturer.
B&O's Beoplay P2 is a pocketable portable speaker
Beoplay's P2 Bluetooth speaker is so small that you can put it in your pocket.
