I don't like the live tile for contacts, either, and also didn't want the tiny square option. Although I wish that MS had just given the user the option of static or live tile for each app., they didn't, so I searched for another app. I found "Almost Metro Contacts Manager" which is free, has a static tile, and imports your current contact list when you download it. Then, I simply unpinned my old people tile from my start screen and pinned this new app. and moved it to where the old people tile was. I hope that this is helpful.