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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:
| 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 | Reportedly less than 50 exist, all inside shopping centres | ? |
| 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 (JCDecaux Booth) |  |
Double width | Outdoor | Exclusive to certain areas of Sydney, these Cabinet types have several different variations.
Some have Digital advertising screens on the back and some have static posters. These cabinets mostly have a map or an advertising space in place of a second phone. There are also different variations of the glass on these cabinets, with some having the standard Telstra Majestic glass and branding on them. |
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| 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.
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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
