These days a phone call longer than five minutes would be a rarity for most people as we move to texting and messaging as a primary form of communication, but one Vodafone customer went to the extreme this year with a phone call lasting over five days!
The telco has released a list of the fifteen longest phone calls of 2025 with the 133 hour call topping the list – even the 15th longest was over 15 hours!
What are these people talking about and who are they talking to?
A Vodafone spokesperson said “There were roughly 11 million calls per day on Vodafone’s network across Australia last year. While unlimited calls and texts are standard across all Vodafone plans, a typical phone call usually lasts a few minutes.
“This spike in longer calls shows an interesting trend and highlights how important it is to have a reliable network when connect with friends and family.“
VODAFONE’S TOP 15 LONGEST CALLS OF 2025
| STATE | LOCATION | DATE OF CALL | CALL LENGTH | |
| 1 | South Australia | Kilkenny | Sunday, 5 January | 133 hours |
| 2 | Western Australia | Morley Central | Wednesday, 1 October | 116.98 hours |
| 3 | New South Wales | Olympic Park East | Saturday, 22 February | 106.26 hours |
| 4 | Queensland | Coomera West | Thursday, 31 July | 75.25 hours |
| 5 | Victoria | Keysborough West | Wednesday, 8 January | 53.01 hours |
| 6 | South Australia | Port Pine | Monday, 1 September | 28.68 hours |
| 7 | Queensland | Innisfail | Sunday, 27 July | 26.65 hours |
| 8 | New South Wales | Orange Calare | Friday, 18 July | 25.40 hours |
| 9 | Victoria | Teesdale | Sunday, 22 June | 22.09 hours |
| 10 | Western Australia | Kununurra | Thursday, 1 May | 21.48 hours |
| 11 | Victoria | Bannockburn | Thursday, 1 September | 20.19 hours |
| 12 | Queensland | Bowen | Friday, 3 January | 19.59 hours |
| 13 | Northern Territory | Alice Springs CBD | Sunday, 5 January | 18.71 hours |
| 14 | Northern Territory | Berry Springs | Tuesday, 1 July | 16.55 hours |
| 15 | Tasmania | Ravenswood | Wednesday, 8 January | 15.52 hours |
Turns out Sundays are a good day for longer calls (26% of them), with Wednesday and Thursday the next best.
One third of those fifteen calls took place in January!
Honestly, who are these people?
I get there might be a taxi driver or two among them (We’ve all been there right?) but these calls are all longer than the average shift!
I’m perplexed!
Trev is a Technology Commentator, Dad, Speaker and Rev Head.
He produces and hosts several popular podcasts, EFTM, Two Blokes Talking Tech, Two Blokes Talking Electric Cars, The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, and the Private Feed. He is the resident tech expert for Triple M on radio across Australia, and is the resident Tech Expert on Channel 9’s Today Show and appears regularly on 9 News, A Current Affair and Sky News Early Edition.
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