Does the black iPhone 5 scratch and chip?

Virgin mobile recently got the ip5, i'm thinking about switching from my ip4 but i have read online that the black one's paint get worn off really easily and i want to know if that is still happening. Since it has been almost a year has apple fixed this issue? I don't want to spend 550 on a phone that won't last. I don't like white much either

Yes it does. If you go into an apple store and play with one, you can see where the paint has chipped off on the edges around the phone. The black phone is painted, whereas the white one is just aluminum with white glass.