I love my HTC 7 Pro. Would be really nice if I could use it for a few more years (bought it about 1.5-2 years ago). It is rocking WP7.8 right now. Would be great to have a WP8-phone, but having an awesome QWERTY-device and not too many missing features (compared to WP8) my 7 Pro ist just perfect for me.
I try to keep it safe (although there were a few times I let it fall...there are some scrathes, but nothing more...really nice build quality!) and use screen protectors. Had a Bugatti leather case for my previous phone, so bought one for my 7 Pro as well. The soft double-layer leather feels really nice on the phone and seems to protect it quite a bit.
My 7 Pro sits on the awesome stand on my desk. Looks pretty nice and the display gets a perfect angle for reading incoming messages and such.
When I'm out, my phone gets it's own jeans pocket. The front left one. Screen pointing to my leg. No keys or other stuff in the pocket... Every time I take a seat somewhere I tend to take the phone out and put it screen-down on the table (of course still in it's leather case). Having a QWERTY slider is awesome...but in situations like that it's just to big for staying in the pocket...
Here are some pics showing my beloved phone