ByteDance is likely on your phone through its colony of popular apps like TikTok or Helo. Now it wants to make a phone of its own. Yes, you read that right. According to a new report by The Financial Times, the Beijing-based social media company is developing a “phone preloaded with its own apps — which include newsfeeds, short video platforms and games — in a bid to further spread its reach.” The secretive project follows the company’s acquisition of a number of patents from Chinese smartphone maker Smartisan earlier this year. An unnamed source also told the Financial Times that…

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