It is dust and water proof with an IP rating of IP65 and IP68 and is powered by the 2.0 GHz octa-core MediaTek HelioX10 MT6795 processor which is backed by 3 GBs of RAM.
[5] The rear camera of the M5 is 21.5 megapixel with a Sony Exmor RS image sensor[6] along with ISO 3200 and f/2.2 aperture.
[12] The handset occasionally suffers from automatic shutoff and cannot be restarted or turned on unless connected to a power source via a USB cable.
Sony has commented on the issues and has confirmed that most of their first batch of this phone that was released had issues and were faulty and that customers with affected handsets were able to have them repaired by replacing the faulty battery with a new one at a Sony Service Center.
Sony was praised for the handset's improved camera, longer battery life and more generous internal storage.