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DV Photo (tiny but possibly important detail)

As I expect the DV-2019 to (hopefully) be announced soon I decided to take a photo for the coming application. So far I've always went to a local photo studio to do so, but as I can read on forums that a lot of people take photo with their phones I decided to take one with my phone as well.

The thing that bothers me is that photo specs say that if new digital image is taken it must be:
*jpg
*max 240 kb in size
*min 600x600 pixels
*24 bits per pixel
*(it doesn't say anything about dpi here)

But then it says if photographic print is scanned it must be:
*scanned at a resolution of at least 300 dots per inch (dpi)
*everything else is same as above

My photo (taken with my phone) came out very nice. But when I right click and check photo details it says that:
*horizontal resolution is 72dpi and
*vertical resolution is 72dpi

Is that valid? Since my photo is not scanned but newly taken digital image?

If they are using a software to check if the submitted photos are meeting their requirements how can a software know if photo is a new digital image or a scanned image? And if the photo details say that a photo is 72dpi then there might be a possibility for disqualification, right?

Well, just for the case I will go again to a photo studio to take proper photo just to be 100% sure that everything is ok. But if someone was selected and has a very same photo taken with a phone that was used at the application it would be good to know what those photo details say about dpi's. Thanks.
 
Oh, wow! I just tried it and when I downloaded the same photo it now says 300dpi (it was 72dpi). Great. Thanks a lot! Appreciate your help.

The photo tool that Brit provided is the best. I will be taking my picture as well next week and be prepared. I wish you the best of luck for DV2019
 
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