This has to be one of the best deals if you're looking for one

May 15, 2012 13:39 GMT  ·  By

We've seen our share of tablets, most of them powered by an ARM processor of some sort, and now we get to report on one that doesn't cost a fortune.

Not that tablets normally cost more than a life's salary. All things considered, $399-$499 price tags have come to be seen as standard, approachable marks.

What's more, by all accounts, the hundreds of thousands of sales alone show what people think of them.

That doesn't mean that there is no way to actually make cheap tablets though, and by this we mean cheaper than Motorola's XOOM 2 Media Edition.

The company that has now launched a cheap Android 4.0 tablet is Yzi, based in France.

The tag is 159 Euro and $170 for US citizens, give or take a few dimes. Not nearly as low-priced as the Aakash but, then again, Yzi isn't that weak either.

A single-core Cortez-A8 processor, at 1.2 GHz, is backed by the Mali-400 GPU (graphics processing unit) and 512 MB of RAM (random access memory).

The built-in storage space isn't monumental, at 4 GB, but a microSD card slot lets owners add some more (up to 32 GB, probably).

Moving on, a 0.3 megapixel camera is set on the front (there isn't one on the back) and certain models have 3G support too, not just Wi-Fi.

Other specs include a full size USB port, an HDMI connector and a battery that can last for up to 15 hours on a single charge.

As for the screen, it has a diagonal of 10 inches, five-point capacitive touch support and a native resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels. All in all, Yzi is a really nice and charming critter. The only problem is that if it shows any problems within the 1 year of warranty support, it'll probably take a trip or shipment back to France to get it solved.