The phone was unveiled on 6 May 2015, and it is marketed as the "Selfie Smartphone".

[2] Three months later, Sony unveiled its successor, the Xperia C5 Ultra.

[3] The key features of the phone are the 25 mm 5 megapixel front camera and 1.7 GHz octa-core processor powered by MediaTek MT6752.

The phone has a 2600 mAh Li-ion battery, 13 MP rear camera with LED flash and 5 MP front-facing camera with auto-focus.

[6] In May 2015, Strategy Analytics conducted an independent consumer test to evaluate the quality of the front camera of the device.