Iphone 4, save contacts when reinstall

I've an iPhone 4 and it has been working great in 2 years and I hope it can last a bit longer. My prob is that it has turned to be very slow. I tried to reset it but there's no different. I suspect it could be some **** in the soft ware and thats why I want to reinstall the phone and not use the backup. BUT I really need to keep my contacts, phonebook. How can I save only that? Can I in some way copy the contacts to my sim card as I could before witth my no-smartphone?
Thanks for your help!

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As a for sure real "just in case" and is time consuming but is also a last restore - write them down or make an excel sheet on your OS.
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