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Revision as of 22:21, 23 May 2026

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)
FLPC
Full width Outdoor ?
Streetcab
Full width Outdoor Thicker back than FLPC to hold advertisements ?
Prestige Example Needed Full width Outdoor ?
Majestic
Majestic Payphone Cabinet Type
Half width Indoor and outdoor ?
Telebox
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
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.

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Billboard Example Needed Double width Outdoor ?
Red Box/Heritage
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.