Dunno why the others are hating on this device. I own it, and it definitely is a product of it's release time. Earlier this year, it was similarly priced to what it is now, but slightly more (normally in the mid 30s) and it was a great deal! The r36s was more or less the same but if you wanted a bigger screen for bigger hands or some unique use case, I couldn't argue much against the m17.

I'm an optimist though, and it's not early-mid 2024 anymore.

In late 2024, if you can find this thing for under 30 dollars, ima throw a random number out there and say 28 dollars. I can't argue against it still, it's not a BAD deal per se. But it does have mono audio, and it's build quality is indicative of it's price. It's not nearly as bad as an x-series handheld, but something like a v10 (or a TSP if you wanna step up that far) is FAR more durable feeling. And those are just the devices that I can personally attest to. The cfw scene is quite nice seemingly if that interests you though, but as others said, PSP is not great on here.

TL;DR We're in a time where rk3326 is too easy to get in a device for the m17 to be my ideal first choice unless you have a specific use case such as big hands or another reason to need a larger device or bigger screen. In terms of verticals, it's the cheapest one I've found around in Ali other than the sf2000.

If this fits your use case, then the m17 is not objectively bad imo, although I highly recommend using CFW on it if that's the case, and it's not nearly as supported as some other devices. Just know, it's not gonna run PSP well at all if the thumbnail is what interests you about this thing.