I am wondering if anyone knows which uses less battery? I like the how the gmail app uses push and you instantly get your emails but does that use more battery than having my email set to check every hour? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I keep switching and can't decide which is more battery sucking. TIA
Push, by definition, means when your email provider receives an email in your name, it is automatically sent to the phone by the email provider. The phone does not need to check for mail at all if the mail is truly being pushed to the phone. The alternative to push is having the phone check every so often for email and "pull" the email down from the provider if it finds any. Having your email pushed by the provider will use less phone battery and less data because the phone only receives email, never checks for it.
