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Macworld It’s a general principle of mobile design that you want screens to get bigger and devices to get smaller and lighter. By removing extraneous front-facing hardware and slimming down bezels, Apple has mostly stuck to this strategy on the iPhone and the iPad. But the Apple Watch departed from it in 2022 with the launch of the Ultra model, which has a bigger screen than the larger-model Series 7 (1.93 inches vs 1.7 inches) but comes in a far chunkier and heavier chassis. There are reasons for the Ultra’s heavyweight design, namely its intended audience of divers, hikers, and extreme sport…