How do you set a contact's default phone number

I have contacts that have multiple numbers. I would like to such one from mobile to iphone and was wondering how it is done.

I think you mean "switch" instead of "such" - you're trying to have the phone number show up as an iPhone in contacts instead of a mobile phone.
If so, open the contact, click "Edit" in the upper right, click "mobile" and change it to "iPhone".

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