Gmail and your phone

Did you know, that earlier this year when Google eliminated the Free Gmail for Businesses, it also eliminated the active sync used for your email? In essence, if you get a new phone or delete the email account off of your phone and put it back on, you will have to download the Gmail for the phone and get your email that way or wait up to 15 minutes for it to get to your phone.....I personally don't accept that. BTW, they also did that for personal accounts, so now I have to use the app for both work and personal. :/