My wife has the Pre Plus (Verizon), she hates it, I hate it, even my mom hates it. She went from Droid to Pre Plus because the droid was too ugly for her, she thought the pre was cute, and she didn't like that we both had the same phone. I've found the pre to be extremely slow at starting any program, even takes 3-5 full seconds to bring the dialer up. There is no virtual keyboard, and the slide out keyboard is pretty much useless unless you have small fingers with amazing dexterity. (droid isn't too much better though - flat keypad) The battery life is terrible, she has to charge it overnight, than again on her way home from work, and she doesn't use her phone nearly as much as I use mine, and I still usually have almost half or just under half battery life (unless i streamed music for an hour or so) The Droid is by far and away a million times better than the Pre.
But...I know someone else who has a pre and loves it. but he also doesn't use any apps, or browse the web, just strictly for phone and email.
I would get a Droid, you won't be dissapointed.