Choosing the right plan is hard. There are SO MANY providers, and it can feel like the market changes on a day-to-day basis. To help, every month our expert team picks out the best phone and internet plans across a wide range of categories.
This gives us a whole lot of data on which telcos consistently offer great value plans, which leads us to the WhistleOut Awards.
The WhistleOut Awards - now in their fifth year - recognise and celebrate the companies that have consistently provided the best plans across the last 12 months (July 2021 to June 2022) across a whole range of categories.
In addition, the WhistleOut awards also cover phone manufacturers, highlighting the best devices launched in Australia across the last financial year.
The 2022 WhistleOut Award winners are as follows:
Best Phone Plans
- Mobile Provider of the Year: iiNet
- Best SIM-Only Provider, Value Plans: Moose Mobile
- Runner Up: Dodo
- Best SIM-Only Provider, Large Plans: Circles.Life
- Runner Up: iiNet
- Best Prepaid Provider, Value Plans: Coles Mobile
- Runner Up: TPG
- Best Prepaid Provider, Large Plans: TPG
- Runner Up: amaysim
- Best Provider, iPhone Plans: Vodafone
- Runner Up: Optus
- Best Provider, Samsung Plans: Vodafone
- Runner Up: Optus
- Best Provider, International Calls: amaysim
- Runner Up: Lebara
- Best Provider, Plans for Kids: iiNet
- Runner Up: gomo
- Best Phone Plan Promotion: Telstra
Best Internet Plans
- Internet Provider of the Year: SpinTel
- Best Unlimited NBN Provider: Tangerine
- Runner Up: SpinTel
- Best Premium NBN Provider: SpinTel
- Runner Up: Tangerine
- Best Fixed Wireless NBN Provider: Tangerine
- Runner Up: Mate
- Best Satellite NBN Provider: SkyMesh
- Runner Up: Activ8me
- Best Mobile Broadband Provider, Everyday Use: Telstra
- Runner Up: Optus
- Best Mobile Broadband Provider, High Use: Optus
- Runner Up: Telstra
- Best Home Wireless Broadband Provider: SpinTel
- Runner Up: Moose Mobile
- Best Internet Promotion: Origin Broadband
Best Devices
- Best Phone Camera: iPhone 13 Pro
- Runner Up: OPPO Find X5 Pro
- Best Phone Design: OPPO Find N
- Runner Up: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
- Best Value Phone: Motorola Edge 20 Fusion
- Runner Up: iPhone SE (2022)
- Best High Performance Phone: iPhone 13 Pro Max
- Runner Up: Google Pixel 6 Pro
- Phone Manufacturer of the Year: Apple
- Phone of the Year: iPhone 13
Sustainability Awards
- Sustainable Mobile Provider of the Year: felix mobile
- Sustainable Internet Provider of the Year: Belong
Read more about the internet winners here, and mobile and device winners here.
The WhistleOut Award categories for phone and internet plans were judged by awarding 3, 2 and 1 points to the providers of the three best plans in each category on a monthly basis, between July 2020 and June 2021. The award winners are the providers with the highest number of points at the end of the 12-month period. In case of a tie, winners are chosen based on the number of 1st positions, then 2nd positions, then 3rd positions they achieved in that category over the course of the year.
The exceptions to this judging process are the Best Promotion awards for Mobile and Internet and the Sustainability awards. The Best Promotion awards are given to the single best promotion over the 12-month period as judged by us. The Sustainability awards were judged by a panel, based on submissions from telcos.
The WhistleOut Phone Awards were judged by our editorial team, considering price, performance, battery, screen, camera, design and the overall user experience.
Alex Choros
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