Sounds more like he got the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3. Really need to be specific when you talk about Samsung devices. As Carnage said there is 2 other devices you could easily have been mistaken for. The Samsung Galaxy SIII Smartphone and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Phone/Tablet.
As there is a different set of apps for phone as there are for tablets it would be helpful to know which one we are talking about to make proper suggestions.