iPhone5 scratching not covered in warranty?

I bought black iPhone5 recently. It is hardly two weeks and alla round the front edges I have scratches. I take pretty good care of my phone and between my wife and I, have owned first gen iPhone, the 3G, 4S and now this one (oh, and also iPad 3). I have to say I'm extremely disappointed with the current one's quality. I don't care if it is anodized aluminium or not but it shouldn't scratch *this* easily as I know I have neither dropped it or roughed it up in anyway. I didn't even get enough time to research the protection cases available before it got scratched.

I was surprised to find that Apple does not cover this in the warranty they provided. I took it to the store and the girl there simply told me that's the way iPhone5 is and I need to either live with it or if I have option to return just return it. Thens he showed me her iPhone5 (white) saying look this didn't scratch and I was easily able to point her out to *all* the scratches she had but they were just not as visible on silver. Being a long time customer I found it very offensive that a phone would scratch in so many places within two weeks and am simply told that I am the one at fault and not the phone.

Anyways, my question is - does Apple really not cover it in warranty considering it is not one off issue? If that indeed is the case unfortunately I will have to return it, fortunately its within 30 days of the purchase from the phone carrier. The only pain point is that first I will have to return, then wait for *another* 3-4 weeks before I get a replacement phone. Sigh..