I planned on getting white just because my iPhone 4 was black and I wanted a change but I kept looking at the black one and man it is classy looking. But I started thinking of the surface and went with white. If it's truly anodized it should be pretty durable other than scratches and nicks. Don't see it "rubbing" off. But yeah I'm sure there'll be some kind of "gate" coming on in the next few weeks and this one is as good as any.
Yeah, it's those particularly sharp chamfers that will be the problem - I can't see a way around that in hindsight. I'd read they were using coloured metal before I ordered, seems that's not the case.