A method for communication processing, applied to a terminal device having installed therein multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) cards including a data primary card and a data secondary card each supporting a New Radio (NR) communication function, includes: conducting statistics on cell information of cells supporting the NR communication function; and determining, according to the cell information, whether a cell to which the data secondary card is registered is a cell supporting the NR communication function, and in response to the cell to which the data secondary card is registered being the cell supporting the NR communication function, enabling the NR communication function of the data secondary card and controlling the data secondary card to perform cell measurement.