The old version of Google Contacts was available at www.google.com/contacts_v1, but now it redirects to the standard version. It was a much simpler site that worked better on a mobile phone or tablet and it had more accessibility features for screenreader users.
You can still use the basic HTML Google Contacts available at https://mail.google.com/mail/h/?v=cl.
{ Thanks, +Katty Geltmeyer. }