btw
http://cdn.pocket-lint.com/images/4RWr/apple-iphone-5-phone-review-6.jpg?20120919-102533
if you page through Pocket Lint's photos. It somehow looks like they dragged it on its corner on a sidewalk... If that is the wear, I would fail to see how they would achieve that naturally.
Also, I don't understand why Pocket Lint didn't clean off their phone before taking pictures for their review. It has crap all over the screen and sides (not fingerprints).
Man if that slate model does that I may have to opt for the less manly white color, that stinks. Wish they woulda stuck with silver on the outer band like the white model.