Can you beam a light off a phone?

Question: Can you beam a light off a phone?
- Keywords:
  energy,
  experiment,
  technology
Asked by holytan to Paul on 11 Mar 2014.
- Paul Coxon answered on 11 Mar 2014:
  
  This is quite a tricky question to answer.
  
  Modern smartphones can certainly produce light, which is bright enough to be seen from quite far distances.

Question: Can you beam a light off a phone?