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The cabinet is the structure housing the payphone that contains the electrical and telephonic equipment needed for a Telstra Smart Payphone to be operational. Indoor payphones are typically very simple, whereas outdoor payphones additionally have a limited amount of cover from the weather.

Very rarely, a payphone does not have a visible cabinet of any kind.

Standard cabinet types

This is a summary of the standard cabinet types:

Summary of standard cabinet types
Internal name	Photo	Size	Locations	Notes	Installation dates
Boulevard		Full width	Indoor and outdoor	Frame colour can come in various colours, such as blue, red, and green.	?
FLPC (Full length payphone cabinet)		Full width	Outdoor		?
Streetcab		Full width	Outdoor	Thicker back than FLPC to hold advertisements	?
Prestige	Example Needed	Full width	Outdoor		?
Majestic		Half width	Indoor and outdoor		?
Telebox		Half width	Indoor and outdoor	Table can be fully or partially slanted, or have no slant at all.	?
Clearline		Slim	Indoor		?
Slimline		Slim	Indoor	May have lit orange hat, grey 4G antenna or no hat at all	?
Modular		Slim	Indoor		?
Digital		Double width	Outdoor	At least two different versions exist. Some have had the screen on the phone side replaced with a static poster (as in photo). Has a USB-A charging port on the right side of the phone.	?
Billboard	Example Needed	Double width	Outdoor		?
Red Box/Heritage	Example Needed	Full width	Outdoor		?
?	Example Needed	Double Width	Outdoor	Rugged all metal anti-vandalism cabinet design	?

Note that there is some level of variation in the construction of some of these models, and some payphones do not have a standard cabinet or any cabinet at all. These are rare.

Attachments

Most cabinets have a coloured dome that forms the top. The standard colours are orange for a standard payphone and magenta for payphones with free Wi-Fi, although a limited run of other colours were also installed as part of Telstra's "Life in Full Colour" rebrand in 2011. The hat typically contains a light to illuminate the logo on the outside, and sometimes a router to provide the free Wi-Fi.

Some payphones also have a magenta cube fitted above the hat. This usually contains the router that provides free Wi-Fi and/or the LTE modem that allows the phone to function. This cube has Wi-Fi symbols on it if the payphone has free Wi-Fi enabled and is blank otherwise.

Some payphones have a dark grey "blade" instead of the cube. This is an enclosure for a LTE antenna.

A Telebox with a standard orange dome
A Steetcab with a pink dome (Wi-Fi enabled)
A Majestic cabinet with a magenta dome and cube (Wi-Fi enabled)
A Telebox with an orange dome and magenta cube (non Wi-Fi enabled)
A Slimline with a grey blade
A Telebox with an orange dome and grey blade

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 == Attachments ==
-Most cabinets have a coloured dome that forms the top. It is typically orange, or in the case of a [[Telstra Air|payphone with free Wi-Fi]], magenta. The hat typically contains a light to illuminate the logo on the outside, and sometimes a router to provide the free Wi-Fi.
+Most cabinets have a coloured dome that forms the top. The standard colours are orange for a standard payphone and magenta for payphones with [[Telstra Air|free Wi-Fi]], although a limited run of other colours were also installed as part of Telstra's "Life in Full Colour" rebrand in 2011. The hat typically contains a light to illuminate the logo on the outside, and sometimes a router to provide the free Wi-Fi.
 Some payphones also have a magenta cube fitted above the hat. This usually contains the router that provides free Wi-Fi and/or the LTE modem that allows the phone to function. This cube has Wi-Fi symbols on it if the payphone has free Wi-Fi enabled and is blank otherwise.