If you use the phone with butter fingers, yes. Have used white BB Bold for 1.5 years, without any cover or pouch, still looks like new (Except for the back leather part which starts to tear off)
Techies and geeks always love their gadgets in solid black ..
Big no no for white at least for me, apple devices have their own charm although i like their grey aluminium finish on macs which feels natural and sturdier instead of boring black plastics on other laptops
Black and white is boring, and not technically "colors". California Blue on HTC 8X is an awesome colour, it really jumps at you. On a different note, Nokia Blue is pretty soothing too.