Should I set my icloud, or gmail, account as the default for my iphone5?

I only use my gmail account for email, and only set up the icould account to shadow it for backup purposes. Are there any benefits to choosing one over the other?
Thank for any info!
-Kyle

I'm, not concerned with my gmail contacts as they are online already.
You are not concerned because google keeps backup of your Google Contacts. Otherwise the sync process will delete any contacts that delete from your iPhone. But Google has a "restore in an earlier time" option.
If you want to keep a second address book in iCloud you need to backup them from your computer that syncs with the iCloud account or use the Multi Edit app.
-Disabling icloud email: Is that merely diasbling my mail from being backed up on the cloud?-
Your gmail has nothing to do with iCloud backup.
Your iCloud mail has nothing to do with iCloud backup.
The iCloud backup include your Camera Roll and all iPhone Settings.

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