Articles By Alex Angove-Plumb
Alex Angove-Plumb
Digital Content Editor
Alex Angove-Plumb is a Digital Content Editor at WhistleOut and an award-winning journalist. He's been in the tech publishing industry since 2010, putting him a few short years away from the title of Grizzled Ancient in his chosen profession. He was an original WhistleOut-er before running NBN Co's corporate blog for two years, then moving on to a lengthy stint at CHOICE. Now he's come home.
Over his career, Alex has learned more about phones, telcos, and the NBN than he'd like to admit, and is happy to put his expertise to good use by helping our readers navigate the often-confusing morass of buzzwords and gotchas that tech marketing can throw your way.
When not shaking his fist at kids these days, you might find Alex tinkering about the house doing arguably destructive DIY, messing with one or both of his cats, or trying just-one-more-run in whatever roguelite he's currently obsessed with.
Expertise
- Mobile plans
- Internet plans
- Telco
- Smartphones
- Headphones and other audio
Awards
- Best News Writer (2024 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
Education
- Post-graduate Certificate of Editing and Online Publishing - Macquarie University (2020)
- Editing for the Screen and Digital Publishing - NSW Writer’s Centre (2018)
- Bachelor of Creative Writing - Macquarie University (2005 - 2007)
Featured Publications
The difference between an NBN and ADSL2+ plan: case study
The NBN isn't always super-fast, it comes in 5 different tiers. Usually the choice is easy, but Tier 1 of the NBN is very similar to ADSL in most respects, so which do you choose?
Microsoft Surface mini pegged for May 20 debut
Microsoft has released event invites with the word "small" prominently featured on them, which is the kind of not-so-subtle hint we're becoming used to.
OnePlus One preview: the cheapest, best phone yet?
The powerful, affordable, customisable OnePlus One is coming soon. How can anyone make a phone like this for under $300?
Samsung Galaxy S5 vs HTC One M8 camera showdown
Both of these phones have fantastic cameras that are fast, easy and take beautiful photos, but which is better?
Sony Xperia Z2 tablet: Telstra's cheaper
The Xperia Z2 tablet is a waterproof 10.1 inch tablet on its way to Telstra plans and other vendors for outright purchase
HTC One M8 review
The One (M8) is the beautiful successor to the original HTC One. It's fast, smooth and sports an intriguing new camera, and larger 1080p display.
Upcoming Samsung tablet has a Super AMOLED display?
A mysterious Samsung tablet has been leaked with an AMOLED screen and more than 2K resolution.
Windows Phone 8.1 brings you a lot of old/new stuff
Windows Phone 8.1 has finally been announced with more customisation, a new notification tray and the Cortana voice assistant.
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 tablet review
The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 inch tablet is an amazing device for what you pay, but it unfortunately lacks Google Play store access, which is a huge drawback.
LG G Flex review
The LG G Flex is a curved, semi-flexible phablet with a surprisingly non-gimmicky user experience.