Explora

As a visitor coming overseas from Sydney (frequent US traveller), I found this service to be very useful and convenient. In the past I would have had to run out to different telcos after landing to compare prepaid rates, of which only a couple of providers (T-​Mobile and Verizon) are able to supply SIM cards which is what our Australian handsets require to work (and I’m sure the same applies to other parts of the globe).
THIS TIME however I preordered a phone through Explora, landed at LAX, drove to my hotel, checked in and voila, the package was waiting there for me ready to go. 30 minutes later, after freshening up, I was ready to hit the town and was able to easily get in contact with my other mates in LA without any hassle of having to activate the phone or otherwise.
I recommend this to anyone travelling to the US who would enjoy the convenience of having a ready-​to-​use handset which is capable of calls, text and data. It was easy to keep my friends and fam at home updated about my travels through FB, instagram and whatsapp, while also keeping in touch with friends in the US. Also handy if you make any new friends in the clubs ;)
I only had one issue with the network connection in the middle of my trip (which turned out to be a problem with the telco), but the guys at Explora were prompt in fixing it up (within 15 minutes!).