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If you have only £40 in your “new phone” piggy bank, then you can’t go wrong with the Rook. But if you have a bit more cash to spare, shop around for pricier kit.
What is the EE Rook? The EE Rook is an entry-level smartphone from the UK's biggest network provider, and the cheapest 4G handset we've ever seen. EE is hoping to cash in on the 44% of UK pay-as-you-go customers that it claims spend less than £50 on a...
If you don't mind the basic design, the EE Rook isn't a bad little phone at all. We can hardly argue with the price of £39 for existing customers and the performance is better than we expected for a sub-£50 phone. It's mainly the miserable viewing angles of the screen which put us off so you are better off spending a little more if you can afford it.
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