Minimise iPhone data usage by adjusting e-mail fetch settings and disabling push with exchange server

If you’re on a minimal data plan all going overseas you will want to configure your e-mail to only fetch manually, or at a longer interval.

In order to configure this opens settings and mail, contacts, calendars

IPhone mail contacts calendars setting

Under Fetch New Data turn off Push

IPhone mail contacts calendars setting

Set the fetch interval to a certain time, or Manually if you only want to collect e-mail when you open the e-mail program

IPhone mail contacts calendars setting